Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional laws and customs

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional laws and customs

Extract from the ALRC Discussion Paper 69, NSWLRC Discussion Paper 47, VLRC Discussion Paper on the Review of the Uniform Evidence Acts; Section 17 is on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Laws and Customs; considers two issues concerning the evidence of Aboriginal or Torres Strait islander witnesses; the is whether the uniform Evidence Acts should be amended to include a provision dealing specifically with the admissibility of evidence of traditional laws and customs; the second is whether there should be a privelege with respect to evidence that, if disclosed, would render an Indigenous witness liable to punishment under traditional laws and customs