Sentences with phrase «indigenous rights framework»

Indigenous Crown Relations Parliamentary Secretary Yvonne Jones defends her government's approach to an Indigenous rights framework.

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It's important to note that one of the key recommendations of the Commission is for Canada to use the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as the framework for reconciliation.»

Perhaps in keeping with its professed goal of reconciliation with Canada's aboriginal people, the federal government chose Valentine's Day to announce the creation of a new legal framework for the rights of indigenous peoples in Canada.

If the Inquiry does not adopt a human rights framework, it will not be able to make a lasting difference in the lives of Indigenous women and girls, bring meaningful changes to government conduct or recommend law reform that will meet human rights standards.»

Given the priority placed by the federal government on renewing the relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples «based on recognition, rights, respect, co-operation, and partnership» these and other approaches should be the subject of government - to - government discussions to shape our new legislative frameworks, informed by the outcomes from the public reviews.

FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron is not convinced First Nations have been consulted enough over Ottawa's proposed framework initiative on Indigenous rights.

The NICC Project is currently working in partnership with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Monash University, the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), corporate and industry partners, and various Indigenous communities to develop an opportunities framework to assist Indigenous Communities in Australia respond to climate change.

This then raises the third way in which Indigenous people's inherent rights to land can be relocated out of the NTA and into a human rights framework: through a treaty.

Human rights provide an enabling framework that promotes active engagement of Indigenous peoples through partnerships, shared decision making and ultimately shared responsibility for outcomes.

Free, prior and informed consent and the Engaging Communities guidelines provide a clear framework for ensuring effective participation of Indigenous communities in decisions affecting their rights and interests.

Indigenous perspective is given some space (though not as much as human rights framework) under the notion of sustainable development and social responsibility principles.

Australia is a party to a number of human rights conventions whose standards, particularly those relating to the human rights of Indigenous peoples, could provide a regulatory framework for the protection of genetic information in relation to the following issues:

The Indigenous perspective can operate within human rights framework in respect of rights to equality; self - determination; effective participation; development; cultural protection.

The necessary components of this rights - based approach include: the development of agreed targets and benchmarks, an evaluative framework to assess whether the «progressive realisation» principle is being met, and a people - centred approach which values the full participation of Indigenous peoples in the process.

an evaluative framework to assess whether the rights of Indigenous peoples are being «progressively realised», so that we can be confident that government efforts are effective, well targeted and taking place at the maximum level possible; and

Chapter 4 of this report discusses the existence of what is being referred to internationally as the «implementation gap» 4 between the human rights obligations accepted by government and their application in domestic policy frameworks for Indigenous issues.

The Committee acknowledges that significant progress has been achieved in the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights of Indigenous peoples, through the COAG framework and the national strategy on Indigenous violence; the diversionary and preventative programs aimed at reducing the over representation of young people in the criminal justice system; and the abrogation of mandatory sentencing in the Northern Territory.

This cultural framework provides Indigenous communities with an important market advantage but will only be maintained if Indigenous communities can protect their rights and interests in land in way that supports the ongoing exercise and enjoyment of culture.

Second, when Indigenous rights are in fact recognised, the overarching framework of non-Indigenous values and interests constantly affects the understanding, application and enjoyment of those rights.

Issues that can be addressed through agreements consistent with human rights principles include meaningful acknowledgement of Indigenous interest in the relevant area, recognition and protection of contemporary cultural practices, allowing (and where necessary, assisting) the involvement of all native title holders who may be affected by outcomes of any framework agreement, and ensuring a cooperative approach to implementing any agreement.

The report highlights the differences between self - determination and self - empowerment; practical reconciliation and progressive realization and a rights framework for addressing Indigenous disadvantage; and by considering international developments in the recognition of Indigenous rights.

A human rights based approach to development will also recognise that Indigenous cultures vary considerably across Australia, and as a result there are a diversity of governance frameworks.

In Australia's current legal framework there are limited avenues for Indigenous people to hold the government to account for access to their human rights.

The Territory will work with the Australian Government to examine national and international policy linkages under the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and the Kyoto and post-Kyoto frameworks for climate change and Indigenous land rights.

In supporting the Declaration, the government has committed to a framework which fully respects Indigenous peoples» rights and creates the opportunity for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians to be truly equal.

An important component of the human rights challenge for twenty first century Australia will be to establish a forum or framework through which genuine partnership can be negotiated between Indigenous peoples and the governments of Australia.

Alongside these processes should be the negotiation of a framework agreement (or treaty) at the national level, and negotiation of agreements at the regional and local levels recognising Indigenous rights and dealing with «unfinished business».

That the federal government and COAG adopt the Principles for Indigenous social justice and the development of relations between the Commonwealth government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as proposed by ATSIC in Recognition, rights and reform, as forming the framework for negotiations about service delivery arrangements, regional governance and unfinished business.

Commercial agreements negotiated by Indigenous parties in the resource sector, state and regional - framework agreements relating to service delivery and a comprehensive agreement making approach negotiated as a result of rights, conferred by the beneficial effect of Mabo and subsequently the NTA, are increasingly important in the political and legal landscape of agreement making in Australia.

The recognition of native title is an opportunity to re-frame the protection of Indigenous heritage within the broader framework of a human right to enjoy one's culture.

However, in the Social Justice Report 2006 I identified that an «information gap» exists in Australia that inhibits the use of a human rights framework by many Indigenous peoples and other civil society groups.

While the recognition of native title offered an opportunity to reframe the protection of Indigenous heritage within the broader framework of a human right to enjoy one's culture, governments have squandered this opportunity.

This legal framework needs to change to allow the human rights of Indigenous people to be equally enjoyed.

The immense difficulty Indigenous people face in having their traditional commercial fishing rights recognised under the Native Title Act may prove to be another example of how Indigenous peoples» ability to use native title rights and interests for economic development is frustrated by the very nature of the rights recognised, and the legal framework of native title.

In its recent decision in Awas Tingni, [20] the Inter-American Court of Human Rights held that the right of everyone to the use and enjoyment of their property in article 21 of the American Convention on Human Rights: «[t] hrough an evolutionary interpretation of international instruments for the protection of human rights... protects property in a sense which includes, amongst other, the rights of the members of the indigenous communities within the framework of communal property&rRights held that the right of everyone to the use and enjoyment of their property in article 21 of the American Convention on Human Rights: «[t] hrough an evolutionary interpretation of international instruments for the protection of human rights... protects property in a sense which includes, amongst other, the rights of the members of the indigenous communities within the framework of communal property&rRights: «[t] hrough an evolutionary interpretation of international instruments for the protection of human rights... protects property in a sense which includes, amongst other, the rights of the members of the indigenous communities within the framework of communal property&rrights... protects property in a sense which includes, amongst other, the rights of the members of the indigenous communities within the framework of communal property&rrights of the members of the indigenous communities within the framework of communal property».

The report also considered contemporary forms of separation, and recommended the introduction of national standards and framework legislation incorporating international human rights standards for the treatment of Indigenous children.

Where the State is sincere about transforming the economic and social conditions in which Indigenous peoples live in Australia, native title can provide an opportunity to lay the foundations for development within the framework of traditional laws and customs and consistently with international human rights principles.

The Report also recommended that governments amend relevant legislation and policy, such as the Native Title Act, Cultural Heritage legislations and various land rights regimes, to ensure consistency with such a national legislative regime framework, and that this should extend to all legislation that related to Indigenous peoples and their rights and interests, including education.

In the Native Title Report 2010 I discussed how the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the Declaration)[1] will be the overarching framework to inform my work relating to our rights to our lands, territories and resoRights of Indigenous Peoples (the Declaration)[1] will be the overarching framework to inform my work relating to our rights to our lands, territories and resorights to our lands, territories and resources.

[252] This progress report encompasses the international human rights framework and outlines Indigenous peoples» internal decision - making and our participation in decision - making with State and non-State institutions.

3.3 That the Australian Government work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to develop a consultation and engagement framework that is consistent with the minimum standards affirmed in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

I also discuss the progress of the Indigenous Human Rights Network Australia, the Australian Government's engagement framework and the Close the Gap Campaign for Health Equality.

3.5 That the Australian Government work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to develop a national engagement framework that is consistent with the minimum standards affirmed in the United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Importantly, this chapter also explores the value of a UPR monitoring mechanism based on the framework provided by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the Declaration).

That Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and their organisations work together to develop engagement and governance frameworks that promote cultural safety and comply with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to develop a consultation and engagement framework that is consistent with the minimum standards affirmed in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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For me as Social Justice Commissioner, specifically charged by statute to report on the effect of the Native Title Act upon the human rights of Indigenous Australians, the challenge is to develop a framework that recognises the distinctiveness of Indigenous identity as it is shaped by our adherence to traditional laws and customs, while at the same time seeking to maximise the capacity of native title to contribute to the economic and social development of traditional owner groups and the communities they live in.

Human rights principles build a framework for economic and social development to occur within the cultural and political boundaries established by Indigenous peoples» traditional laws and customs.

The role of the Council is to «oversee the application of the Doing it Right policy framework and report to the Premier».35 Members of the Council include the «Minister for Indigenous Affairs, representatives from the ATSIC State Council, leaders of land councils, other Aboriginal peak bodies and community leaders».36 It is undecided at this stage how the gap left by the ATSIC representatives will be filled.