Sentences with phrase «injustices of the past»

Since this time, significant achievements have been made which are positive signs that Australia is examining injustices of the past: The Apology, the bridge walks, the Closing the Gap framework, native title and Stolen Generations reparations schemes.

National representation and self - determination are essential steps in moving beyond the gross injustices of the past.

Is there a way to redesign our current infrastructure so that it does not reproduce injustices of the past?

It can be tempting to think of our present selves as somehow beyond the profound injustices of the past, when in fact we are an integral part of this past.

Each party seeks to rectify the perceived injustice of past deeds and with every move they intensify their mutual hatred, which becomes a self - fulfilling prophecy.

Far from being a recognition that past injustices can not be undone, the validation provisions were a response to the discontinuity which is created when injustices of the past are, for the first time, legally recognised as such.

He puts the current caravan of Central Americans in historical context and calls on America to avoid the injustices of the past and live up to our ideals as a leader in the post-World War II... Continue reading»

These formal legal practices explain many of the broad demographic differences between white and black citizens of our nation, and they raise the question of whether the government ought to recognize the injustices of the past and work to repair them.

The decentering and dethroning of established authority are hailed as paths of liberation from the injustices of the past.

I, as a black man, find it impossible not to flinch to present conclusions given the injustices of the past.

It is the story of a black woman grappling with the injustices of her past and overcoming personal prejudices to find common ground with her neighbors.

«Hostiles» is a sincere effort from writer / director Scott Cooper at a Western that frankly grapples with the challenge of building a society on the unthinkable carnage and injustice of the past.

The injustices of the past and the horrors that came from them should be addressed every once and a while.

Widespread poverty and the failure to redress the injustices of the past have contributed to an environment in which anxiety, unrest and conflict predominate.

We can not create true progress and transformation without addressing the injustices of past, because the echoes of those injustices still resonate in business practices today.

Justin Mohamed CEO of Reconciliation Australia said, «Acts such as the agreement to settle the Kenbi claim are important part of making amends for the injustices of the past and reaching the historical acceptance required for our nation's reconciliation.»

A future where this Parliament resolves that the injustices of the past must never, never happen again.

The Australian government believes that it can not go back and cure the injustices of the past.

In contrast to the Committee's views that past discrimination should be addressed, the Australian government representatives appearing before the Committee argued that the injustices of the past can not be undone and that a State Party is not required to do this under the Convention.

It is time to recognise the injustices of the past.

The preamble notes the making of the decision in Mabo and the Australian peoples desire to rectify the injustices of the past.

Native title parties continue to make applications for native title, continue to reach agreements, and continue tirelessly, to seek remedy in some way to the injustices of the past.

We can see positive signs that Australia is examining the injustices of the past; a national Apology in 2008, the establishment of the Healing Foundation in 2009 and state - based Stolen Generation Reparations schemes in Tasmania and South Australia.

It's about being proud of being a black South African and then striving to do our best, to focus on upliftment and move beyond the injustices of the past,» explained TT.