Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Description
Outlined the issues, challenges and barriers linked to the UN advisory body that aids in the promotion and protection of the rights of Indigenous peoples.
IPA Backgrounder, vol. 10, no. 1, February 1998, pp. 1-24
Description
Disputes issues discussed in the 1997 national inquiry report, Bringing Them Home, such as specific cases, comparison of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal child removal and the claim of genocide.
Documentary from the report, Bringing Them Home: Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children From Their Families. Survivors speak about their experiences.
Duration: 32:29.
RightsEd: Human Rights Education Resources for Teachers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Australian Human Rights Commission
Description
Educator's resource for the report Bringing Them Home: National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. Most activities suitable for grade 9 and up.
Bringing Them Home and the Contemporary Criminalization of Indigenous Young People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Cunneen
AILR, vol. 12, Special Edition, pp. [46]-54
Description
Overview of juvenile justice over the past ten years in Australia and discussion about lack of action on reforms to the system as suggested in the report Bringing Them Home.
Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 4, no. 3, 1999, p. 67
Description
Follow up on the progress of Australian Governments’ responses to recommendations made by National Inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families in its Bringing Them Home Report (1997).
Children on the APY Lands Commission of Inquiry: [Introduction]
[Mullighan Inquiry]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Children on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Commission of Inquiry
Description
Looked into allegations of child abuse in remote South Australian Aboriginal communities which had come to light during the course of the Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry (CISC Inquiry).
Part I: The Inquiry.
Part II: Child Sexual Abuse on the Lands.
New edition of report provides overview of original and looks at relevant issues in the same countries including demographics, policy, fiscal information, legal framework, land rights and other important issues.
Shows how processes and restrictions of government affected the inclusion/exclusion of certain information based on interviews of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who worked for the Commission.
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 1, no. 1, Healing Our Spirit Worldwide, The Seventh Gathering, August 2016, pp. 83-96
Description
Argues that despite government rhetoric, Australia has failed to confront the racism shown in its past and current treatment of Aboriginals, and little progress has been made toward creating a new relationship.
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, Conference Issue, 2008, pp. 59-90
Description
Focuses on the history of the State/Church relationship in terms of the administration of Canadian schools and the reparations for survivors. Compares the Australian experience.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 59.
Paper presented at "ACSANZ (Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand) 08".
Australian Indigenous Law Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 2008, pp. 41-59
Description
Gives overview of the events leading to the Settlement Agreement including: history of the system, criminal, civil, and class action cases, the Official Apology, Settlement Agreement and the establishment of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission. As well, discusses lessons that may be learned when considering a resolution with Australia's Aborigine population.
LGD - Law, Social Justice & Global Development, no. 2, 2013, pp. [1]-23
Description
Looks at the impact the wall has on the Nde' Apache and the basis for the Truth & Memory Commission. Briefly discusses the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Australian Aboriginal Claims for redress.
Argues that while the role of official apologies is controversial, it nevertheless plays a part in the broader reconciliation process. Uses Canadian and the Australian experience as case studies.
Website highlights the significance of the 1881 Parliamentary Coranderrk Inquiry through research, education and performance to educate the broader population and attempt to redress the injustices produced from that history.
Indigenous Affairs, vol. 2008, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 38-43
Description
Discusses the protective measures introduced in 73 remote Aboriginal communities as the results of report.
To access this article, scroll down to page 38.
Looks at the Ministerial Summit on Indigenous Deaths in Custody which was held on the 4 July 1997, and discussed the over–representation of Aboriginal people in prisons and the high number of continuing deaths in custody.
Reviews the Royal Commission Into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody {RCIADIC) and Bringing Them Home report and the need for a truth and reconciliation commission to look into Intergenerational trauma in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities.
Reports on whether to apply customary laws to Aboriginals and whether Aboriginal communities should have the power to apply customary laws for punishment and rehabilitation of Aboriginals. Recommends Aboriginal people have the final say in the recognition of customary law.
Speaker argues that in the context of the violent history of dispossession in State-Indigenous interactions, the residential school truth and reconciliation process privileges only one form of violation, and allows for absolution without accountability for crimes or true changes in government behaviour.
Duration: 1:22:38.