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As a result of these studies the Commissioner was of the view that it would be productive to shift some of the focus of the native title debate from lobbying for change in the legislation, to protecting the human rights of Indigenous people at the level of actual agreements between native title parties and the mining and resource industries.

The NIRB to support key people in our communities to stand for local, state and federal governments, we need Indigenous peoples at all levels of government.

Not exact matches

Failing to make much progress at the state or federal level, the Keweenaw Bay community has reached out to the United Nations, meeting with James Anaya, the UN's special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples.

«Indigenous people are telling us rainfall and river levels have changed; the fires they're dealing with are different now; and the climate systems they used to depend on for growing crops have become unpredictable,» said Steve Schwartzman, lead author of the study and director of tropical forest policy at Environmental Defense Fund.

Farmers, unions, social organizations, indigenous peoples, women and youth (at the national, regional and global level) have come together to demand climate justice and fight against the consumerist and extractivist model that, along with the capitalism and neoliberalism systems of the modern world, is harming Mother Earth.

At the global level, the UN-REDD Programme made a number of significant contributions in the area of MRV, engagement of indigenous peoples and civil society in REDD + activities, promotion of the multiple benefits of forests, and strengthening interagency collaboration.

Over the past decade, the SkyPower team has built strategic global partnerships with local developers, international leaders, local communities and indigenous peoples around the world, fostering relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

We say this because the division of powers part of the judgement (commencing at para 98) is full of all sorts of references to two levels of government (see e.g. para 141) and similar comments about «interlocking federal and provincial schemes» that make it abundantly clear that this Court has given no thought to the space within which indigenous laws may operate within the modern constitutional order (for recognition that the law making authority of aboriginal peoples pre-dated the Crown's acquisition of sovereignty, was not extinguished by that acquisition of sovereignty and was not impaired by the division of legislative powers between the federal and provincial governments in 1982 see Campbell v British Columbia (2000), 189 DLR (4th) 333 (BCSC) and Justice Deschamps in Beckman v Little Salmon / Carmacks First Nation, [2010] 3 SCR 103 at para 97).

In this way, Indigenizing the law can contribute to «equality of justice, internal empowerment of Indigenous peoples at the community level, and the healing of collective colonial trauma (at 220 - 221).

At the international level the United Nations has tasked the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with studying access to justice for indigenous peIndigenous Peoples with studying access to justice for indigenous peoplPeoples with studying access to justice for indigenous peindigenous peoplespeoples [1].

In this regard, Canada should adopt measures to promote the active participation of indigenous women in the design and implementation of initiatives, programs and policies at all levels of government that are directed to indigenous women, as well as those that pertain to indigenous peoples more broadly.

The new arrangements for engaging with indigenous people and communities at the local level are based on direct engagement and negotiation through Shared Responsibility Agreements (SRAs).

That announcement has precipitated a radical change to service delivery arrangements to Indigenous people at the federal level.

That the Ministerial Taskforce on Indigenous Affairs acknowledge that the absence of mechanisms at the regional level for engagement of Indigenous peoples contradicts and undermines the purposes of the federal whole of government service delivery arrangements.

Mechanisms for representing Indigenous peoples at the regional level Mechanisms for representing Indigenous peoples at the state or territory level The National structure of the National Indigenous Representative Body

This section of the paper concludes by considering what issues are raised for the operation of a new National Indigenous Representative Body in light of these existing mechanisms, as well as in relation to the post-ATSIC arrangements for delivery of services to Indigenous peoples at the federal level, which have substantially changed the operating landscape for Indigenous Affairs.

As noted in section 1 of this paper, a key finding of every review of national Indigenous representation in Australia has stressed the importance of ensuring a connection between Indigenous people and communities at the local and regional level through to the State / Territory and national level.

These provide the potential for appropriate types of participation of Indigenous peoples at the local and regional levels, depending on how they are implemented.

The 1996 Cape York Peninsula Heads of Agreement agreement [15] between Indigenous people, pastoralists, and conservation groups shows that, at a framework level, native title parties can secure their entitlements and interests in developments on their land.

At the Federal level in particular there is a reluctance to see native title as a process which should be utilised to obtain economic and social outcomes for Indigenous peoples.

This will require the full participation and engagement of Indigenous peoples in decision - making at all levels, from the local level to providing ministerial advice, and it will require governments to change their attitudes towards Indigenous peoples as stakeholders in the nation.

The Review Team's Discussion Paper canvassed a variety of options for achieving a greater emphasis on regional need and participation of Indigenous people at the local level.

Some of the ways in which a new National Indigenous Representative Body could engage with Indigenous people, communities and organisations at the regional and state / territory level, include:

Chapter 3 of the report then considers developments through the new arrangements at the federal level to ensure the effective participation of Indigenous peoples in decision making that affects our lives.

It is now time to flesh out these commitments to ensure the full participation and input of Indigenous peoples into government decision making at the national level.

As the Social Justice Commissioner has noted in the Social Justice Report 2006, there is a lack of capacity at the regional level for Indigenous peoples to «organise» themselves into a regional structure that the government could then endorse and negotiate with.

I note that through the new arrangements, the Government has made commitments to work in partnership with Indigenous people and communities, including through regional representative structures and at the local level.

future arrangements for Indigenous representation at the regional level and consultation with Indigenous people across the Northern Territory;

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

Representing Indigenous people and communities Some of the ways in which a new national body could engage with Indigenous people, communities and organisations at the regional and state / territory level, include:

The Committee made it clear that unless the legislative regimes which affect native title are negotiated with Indigenous people the Committee will continue to criticise and scrutinise State Parties at an international level.

The submission to the ATSIC Review argues that ATSIC's powers at the national level should be enhanced to provide increased ability to set national objectives and to monitor and evaluate the performance of other government departments in addressing the service delivery needs of Indigenous peoples.

«The implications of these decisions are being felt by Indigenous people and a re-evaluation of the law needs to occur at the political level,» said Dr Jonas.

Mechanisms for representing Indigenous people at the regional, State / Territory and national level

The Office of Indigenous Policy Co-ordination (OIPC) is the key agency responsible for co-ordinating and driving the government's Indigenous policy at the national level; developing new ways of engaging with Indigenous people at the regional and local level; brokering relationships with other levels of government and the private sector; reporting on the performance of government programs and services for Indigenous people to inform policy review and development; managing and providing common services to the Indigenous Co-ordination Centre (ICC) network; and advising the Minister and Government on Indigenous issues.

43)- such legislation, which would be structural in form, would have the object of promoting self - determination through consultation and cooperation between governments and Indigenous peoples at community and regional levels in respect of the development and implementation of policy and legislation; and

In terms of capacity building, this identifies a challenge to develop a «cultural match» between the structures of ATSIC and Indigenous peoples at the local level to ensure that ATSIC is representative and participative.

Negotiation with Indigenous people must occur at all levels.

What mechanisms should exist for the National Indigenous Representative Body to engage with Indigenous peoples at the State / Territory level?

Section 2: Current mechanisms for representing Indigenous peoples at the national, State / Territory and regional levels

The new arrangements recognise that, in order to develop policies that are responsive to the aspirations, priorities and decisions of Indigenous people, there needs to be better community based structures at the local and regional level.

As identified by the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), Governments must work together at all levels with the full participation of Indigenous people on a «holistic» response to climate change that takes account of not only the ecological dimensions of climate change, but also the social impacts and principles of human rights, equity and environmental justice.

how the «narrow» national leadership will remain connected with the broader base of Indigenous people and communities at the local and regional level through to the State / Territory and national level; and

OIPC will be responsible for coordinating whole of government policy, program and service delivery across the Australian Government; developing new ways of engaging with Indigenous people at the regional and local level; brokering relationships with other levels of government and the private sector; reporting on the performance of government programs and services for Indigenous people to inform policy review and development; managing and providing common services to the ICC network; and advising the Minister and Government on Indigenous issues.

At an international level I have addressed three separate human rights committees to explain how Indigenous peoples» human rights have been breached by the NTA.

Chapters 2 and 3 of this report vividly demonstrate the problems that are now crystallising within the new arrangements for service delivery at the federal level as a result of the lack of effective participation of Indigenous peoples.

It is regrettable that Regional Councils, with their ability to communicate widely with Indigenous people and communities and their experience engaging with service deliverers at the regional level, have not been more integrally involved in the introduction of the new arrangements.

In contrast, in South Australia Indigenous people through their NTRB, the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, have participated in developing the criteria by which connection is established at the administrative level to enable native title negotiations to commence.

Lessons Learnt from existing mechanisms for representing Indigenous people at the national, State, Territory and regional levels

Regional Participation Agreements (RPAs) will set out the regional priorities of Indigenous peoples, while Shared Responsibility Agreements (SRAs) will focus on needs and aspirations at the community, family or clan level.