Sentences with phrase «indigenous land matters»

While governments» renewed interest in Indigenous land matters is a welcome one, we run the risk of «throwing the baby out with the bath water» where policy aims to make fundamental changes to land tenure when the potential for existing leasing options has not been fully explored or realised.

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As she's grown, she's become a part of this world: the lack of Asian American history and issues both in classrooms and the Western consciousness; police brutality and Black Lives Matter; deportation and xenophobia; the fact that we live on indigenous land; that there is a racist and sexist in the highest office in this country.

And we're also waiting on judgement on a matter in a remote part of South Australia in an area known as the APY lands, where ASIC has taken action against a store owner for providing credit to Indigenous consumers to buy basic household goods.

To make matters worse, the Federal government promoted policies that encourage deforestation, including stopping efforts to mark the borders of indigenous lands in the Amazon, dismantled FUNAI (the federal organization for indigenous issues), and effectively removing protections of those areas of the country that have the lowest deforestation rates, indigenous people's lands.

Renée regularly advises and represents her Indigenous clients on consultation matters, regulatory and environmental matters, reserve land management and impacts and benefits agreements.

Claire advises Indigenous governments in modern treaty negotiations, particularly on land and resource matters.

Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP's Indigenous Law group services include implementation of land claims agreements, taxation issues, land use and habitat issues, revenue sharing, resource development negotiations, construction contracts, employment matters, residential school claims and many others that may be required by First Nations and Inuit Organizations.

For many Indigenous communities including the Ktunaxa, relations to the land are not simply a matter of possession and production.

The Australian Heritage Council, the expert advisory body on heritage matters which draws on the knowledge of Indigenous experts, and the Indigenous Advisory Committee (IAC) provide advice to the Minister on the operation of the EPBC Act taking into account their knowledge of the land, conservation and the use of biodiversity.

Further, this should reflect «the established scope of Indigenous Land Use Agreements, which have been used to achieve social and economic objectives».23 Indigenous land use agreements (ILUAs) are increasingly used for a wide range of mattLand Use Agreements, which have been used to achieve social and economic objectives».23 Indigenous land use agreements (ILUAs) are increasingly used for a wide range of mattland use agreements (ILUAs) are increasingly used for a wide range of matters.

The Committee is concerned, despite positive developments towards recognising the land rights of the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders through judicial decisions (Mabo 1992, Wik 1996) and enactment of the Native Title Act of 1993, as well as actual demarcation of considerable areas of land, that in many areas native title rights and interests remain unresolved and that the Native Title Amendments of 1998 in some respects limits the rights of indigenous persons and communities, in particular in the field of effective participation in all matters affecting land ownership and use, and affects their interests in native title lands, particularly pastoral lands.

According to the NAIDOC Week organisers: «The 2017 theme — Our Languages Matter — aims to emphasise and celebrate the unique and essential role that Indigenous languages play in cultural identity, linking people to their land and water and in the transmission of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, spirituality and rites, through story and song.»

The Committee is concerned... that the Native Title Amendments of 1998 in some respects limit the rights of indigenous persons and communities, in particular in the field of effective participation in all matters affecting land ownership and use, and affects their interests in native title lands, particularly pastoral lands.

That, in engaging in further consultations with Indigenous peoples in relation to matters affecting land and waters, the Government abide by Australia's relevant international human rights obligations, such as those referred to in this submission.

The way in which Australia chooses to give recognition to the relationship that Indigenous people have with their land, and the range of options it considers to express that relationship, are matters that affect the human rights of Indigenous people.

The significance of these matters is that these rights - land, culture and control - provide the setting for the application of the right of non-discrimination enshrined in the RDA as it affects Indigenous Australians.

The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,

There would appear to be, at the very least at the moral and political level, a positive responsibility on governments to safeguard and protect Indigenous land rights against discriminatory acts or legislation as a matter of trust.

They have the ability to lead to real benefits for the people who really matter in resource projects on Indigenous lands, the local Indigenous community members.

In addition, the Queensland Government has advised me that the State is «in the process of seeking to negotiate throughout Queensland a number of other Indigenous Land Use Agreements which have native title consent for public housing and infrastructure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as their subject matter».

For indigenous communities, relations to the land are not merely a matter of possession and production but a material and spiritual element which they must fully enjoy, even to preserve their cultural legacy and transmit it to future generations.»

«Our Languages Matter» marks the unique and essential role that Indigenous languages play in cultural identity, connection between people, and connection to lands and waters.

In 1999 the Premier issued a Memorandum in relation to the use of Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs) to resolve native title matters.

The Human Rights Committee (the United Nations committee monitoring the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) also criticised the NTA for limiting the effective participation of Indigenous people»... in all matters affecting land ownership and use, and affect [ing] their interests in native title lands, particularly pastoral lands.»

UN Doc CERD / C / 54 / Misc.40 / Rev. 2; Concluding Observations by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Australia, 19 April 2000, UN Doc CERD / C / 304 / Add.101]; The Human Rights Committee also criticised the NTA for limiting the effective participation of Indigenous people»... in all matters affecting land ownership and use, and affect [ing] their interests in native title lands, particularly pastoral lands.»

The Committee is concerned, despite positive developments towards recognizing the land rights of the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders through judicial decisions (Mabo, 1992; Wik, 1996) and enactment of the Native Title Act of 1993, as well as actual demarcation of considerable areas of land, that in many areas native title rights and interests remain unresolved and that the Native Title Amendments of 1998 in some respects limit the rights of indigenous persons and communities, in particular in the field of effective participation in all matters affecting land ownership and use, and affects their interests in native title lands, particularly pastoral lands.

despite positive developments towards recognising the land rights of the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders through judicial decisions (Mabo 1992, Wik 1996) and enactment of the Native Title Act of 1993, as well as actual demarcation of considerable areas of land, that in many areas native title rights and interests remain unresolved and that the Native Title Amendments of 1998 in some respects limits the rights of indigenous persons and communities, in particular in the field of effective participation in all matters affecting land ownership and use, and affects their interests in native title lands, particularly pastoral lands.