Sentences with phrase «human rights based»

The Social Justice Report 2005 proposes a human rights based campaign to address the health inequality of Indigenous Australians and asks governments to commit to addressing the health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within a set timeframe.

The use of the term «Indigenous» has evolved through international law and is appropriately used in a human rights based context.

The human rights based approach advocates that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a right to health.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality within a generation - A human rights based approach, Chapter 2, Social Justice Report 2005 [10]

A human rights based approach to development — whereby indigenous peoples have the right to full and effective participation in decisions which directly or indirectly affect their lives; and with such participation based on the principle of free, prior and informed consent, which includes governments and the private sector providing information that is accurate, accessible, and in a language the indigenous peoples can understand.

In the spirit of self - determination and a human rights based approach, Wiy Yani U Thangani will unite us from one far reach of the nation to another, it will raise our voices as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls, and we will be heard by government.

Achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality within a generation - A human rights based approach

My recommendations, reproduced in full on page 9, encapsulated a human rights based approach to ending the Indigenous health crisis — one that utilises targets and benchmarks to not only provide an end in sight, but also to ensure accountability for achieving the goal of health equality.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner has also commented on a central element of a human rights based approach being Indigenous peoples participation and engagement in government laws, policies and programs (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Social Justice Report 2006, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (2006), p 5 - 6.)

The Social Justice Report 2005 proposes a human rights based campaign to address the health inequality of Indigenous Australians.

However, in the next two Chapters I will shift the conversation to the solutions, providing a human rights based framework to guide our response to lateral violence.

The 2005 report set forth a human rights based approach to achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality within a generation.

I believe that a human rights based response must be applied to address the power imbalance that triggers and nurtures lateral violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities because a human rights based approach:

[66] Other elements of good programming practices that are also essential under a human rights based approach include that:

The main emphasis in rolling out the human rights based approach is for governments to build on existing structures such as the National Strategic Framework and to incorporate a number of monitoring mechanisms to make sure that governments are accountable.

With this in mind, the campaign's aim is motivate and empower governments to take real, measurable human rights based action to achieve Indigenous health equality by 2030.

The Rio Tinto mining group «have adopted a formal policy on human rights based on our support for the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights», Rio Tinto website < http://www.riotinto.com/community/humanRights/default.asp > accessed 1 November 2001.

A human rights based approach... emphasises a holistic, integrated approach, which promotes transparency, accountability and the development of rigorous benchmarking, monitoring and reporting systems and access to forms of redress.

Approach 6 - companies have policies, practices and resource allocation in relation to Indigenous peoples which are consistent with a human rights based approach, with the result that the requirements of state or national legislation are exceeded where this is necessary to give effective recognition to Indigenous rights.

This has become known by many as the «close the gap» campaign, and it uses a human rights based approach to health programming to cut through the malaise that currently exists in Indigenous health policy.

This section of the chapter outlines the human rights based approach to health.

There are three main issues at the international level which are drawn on in setting out a human rights based approach to health.

The human rights based approach to health is practical in that it acknowledges that inequality and discrimination may be the result of long term, perhaps even historical, treatment and can not be overcome in the short term.

The following aspects of the existing framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health are consistent with the requirements of the human rights based approach to health.

This chapter outlines a human rights based campaign for achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality within a generation.

From this perspective, there are a number of aspects of the current approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health that do meet the requirements of the human rights based approach to health.

Other elements of good programming practices that are also essential under a human rights based approach include that:

We need to acknowledge these foundations and encourage them to achieve better compliance with the human rights based approach.

Lateral violence requires a human rights based response that uses the following key principles that underpin the Declaration.

I demonstrate what such an approach could look like in Chapter 3 of this report where I talk about developing human rights based responses to lateral violence.

Social Justice Report 2005: Chapter 2: Achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality within a generation - A human rights based approach

The second issue to consider in terms of human rights compliance receives less attention - namely, whether the current processes in place to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality comply with the key elements of the human rights based approach to health.

Companies have policies, practices and resource allocation in relation to Indigenous peoples which are consistent with a human rights based approach, with the result that the requirements of state or national legislation are exceeded where this is necessary to give effective recognition to Indigenous rights.

The engagement of MLDRIN in forums such as the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and meetings of the International Union of Conservation and Nature will also bring to the debate, an understanding of the human rights based approach to policy development.

That Report characterised Indigenous health inequality as a major human rights issue, and called for a human rights based approach to the Indigenous health gap.

The Close the Gap Campaign is a great example how a human rights based approach to a problem can influence Government policy.

release human rights based inspection standards for immigration detention facilities in conjunction with the Commonwealth Ombudsman and Attorney - General's Department

Adolescents and Youth Sexual Health and Reproductive Rights Specialist / Human Rights Based Management Expert

Producing and disseminating information and analysis to highlight the failings of law enforcement - dominated approaches to drug policy and promote a public health and human rights based approach.

A human rights based approach to health is about providing equal opportunities to be healthy, it's about participation and progressive realisation.»

All of these elements of a human rights based approach are required if the Australian Government is to effectively implement its human rights obligations and to ensure sound processes for Indigenous policy development.

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.

That there is acknowledgement by government of the importance of a human rights based approach to development in order to effectively implement the new arrangements and the achievement of effective and sustainable improvements in Indigenous living standards and well - being.

Corporate Responsibility - Developing principles on Resource Development on Indigenous land: Human Rights Based Approach to Mining on Aboriginal Land

Corporate Responsibility - Developing principles on Resource Development on Indigenous land: A Human Rights based approach

Funding based on need is an integral component of a human rights based approach to development and is an essential feature of good policy development.

We do not protect the rights of Indigenous peoples in Australia well, and we have not adopted a human rights based approach to policy or service delivery.

For example, a human rights based approach requires:

A human rights based approach to development also requires a people - centred approach that aims above all else to produce beneficial outcomes for Indigenous Australians.

One aspect of remedying this problem, which is consistent with a human rights based response to climate change, is recognising and utilising traditional environmental knowledge, which has already been identified by natural scientists as an under - used resource for climate impact and adaptation assessment.