Sentences with phrase «achieving reparations»

In mid-August 2001, approximately 250 people attended a two - day conference, Moving forward - Achieving reparations for the stolen generations, at the University of New South Wales.

Our conference, Moving Forward - achieving reparations for the Stolen Generations, is in part a response to a Government that has failed and continues to fail, to lead our country towards a future that understands and is transformed by its past.

These workshops will allow every single one of you to consider the key issues in moving forward and achieving reparations for the stolen generations.

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But in the 1920s the Allies imposed an unpayably high reparations burden on Germany — largely to obtain the foreign exchange to pay the Inter-Ally arms debts that the U.S. Government insisted on collecting, rather than forgiving these debts as allies traditionally had done among themselves upon achieving victory.

[44] The Bringing them home report put careful consideration into how to achieve this, recommending a package of reparations to facilitate healing for Stolen Generations.

While Aboriginal people in Victoria have successfully fought for important mechanisms such as the Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement and Traditional Owner Settlement Act, our failure to pay reparations for stolen children or stolen wages, deliver land justice, close the gap in life expectancy or prevent overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in prison, shows we have much to do to make amends and achieve equity.

Social Justice Report 2000 Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Reconciliation and human rights Chapter 3: International scrutiny of Australia's Indigenous affairs policies Chapter 4: Achieving meaningful reconciliation Chapter 5: Reparations Appendix 1: Information concerning Australia provided by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission to United Nations Committees in 2000 Appendix 2: Concluding observations on Australia of the...