Historically, Australian governments have resisted recognising Indigenous rights, and the
courts have also often denied recognition of rights for Indigenous people. This article argues …

By the early 1990s the position of indigenous rights in Australia showed signs of progress. A
statutory body, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), had been …

Australian Indigenous people have suffered many injustices over the past 220 years and at
present seem to be regressing back to past policies and practices. This chapter will …

Still strongly affected by its colonial legacy, Australia offers very little by way of robust
protection for the interests of Australia's First Peoples. The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 …

From a human rights perspective, the text of the Australian Constitution is bleak. It contains
little protection for individual rights or group rights, focussing instead on the rights of the …

Australia currently has a unique opportunity to fundamentally and positively change its
approach to Indigenous policy and law. There is multi-party support for recognition of …

Australia is the only democratic country in the world without a national bill or charter of rights
in some form. 2 As demonstrated by the recent 'intervention'into Indigenous communities in …

[12.10] In Australia, many people take human rights for granted. An assessment of political
rights and civil liberties by Freedom House, a nongovernmental organisation (NGO), ranks …

The paper begins by noting the low level of reference to Indigenous Australians in the
Commonwealth Constitution at the start of Federation, and goes on to discuss the limits to …

The rights of indigenous peoples generated renewed international interest after the United
Nations General Assembly adopted the 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous …