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Indigenous Peoples' Organisations Network of Australia, submission to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of Indigenous people - Australian mission : 17-28 August 2009

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Indigenous Peoples' Organisations Network of Australia

submission to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of Indigenous people - Australian mission : 17-28 August 2009

Outlines the Indigenous Peoples' Organisations Network assessment of the current status of Indigenous human rights in Australia; the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is used as the framework to inform the submission; discussion and recommendations cover Indigenous disadvantage; foundational rights; life and security; culture, religion and language; education, knowledge, media and employment' political and economic rights; lands, territories and resources; self-government; implementation of the Declaration; submission made to the Special Rapporteur for his mission to Australia from 17 to 28 August 2009

Australian Government supports the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples -- Indigenous disadvantage: statistical overview of Indigenous disadvantage; Government's strategy to address Indigenous disadvantage -- Foundational rights: formal recognition of Indigenous peoples' human rights; National Human Rights Act; Right to equality and non-discrimination; Right to self-determination -- Life and security: gap in life expectancy and health equality; the criminal justice system and deaths in custody; justice reinvestment; mandatory sentencing; funding Aboriginal legal services; violence against women and children; Stolen Generations -- Culture, religion and language -- Education, knowledge, media and employment: provision of Indigenous education in remote Australia; bilingual education; Indigenous employment; Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP); Stolen Wages -- Political and economic rights : National Indigenous Representative Body; Northern Territory Emergency Response; Income management schemes; Homelands policy; Housing and homelessness; Child care and protection -- Lands, territories and resources: Native title; Land rights under the Northern Territory Emergency Response; Indigenous participation in environmental management and climate change -- Self-government: customary law -- Implementation of the Declaration -- Appendices: Appendix A: Role of the Australian Human Rights Commission; Appendix B: Objectives of the Second Decade of Indigenous Peoples; Appendix C: Submission by the National Indigenous Youth Movement of Australia; Appendix D: List of key documents

Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of Indigenous people - Australian mission : 17-28 August 2009