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.
Canadian Public Policy, vol. 21, no. 2, June 1995, pp. 187-211
Description
Evaluates the operation of the 'Anunga Rules' in Australia as a key part in a comparison between Canadian and Australian Aboriginal-police relations, policies and practices.
South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 110, no. 2, Sovereignty, Indigeneity, and the Law, Spring, 2011, pp. 309-327
Description
Looks at the use of British sovereignty over Indigenous criminal jurisdiction in Australia as opposed to Canada, United States and New Zealand, where localized methods are used.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 2, Settler Colonial Biopolitics and Indigenous Lifeways, 2018, pp. 1-10
Description
Introduces this issue of the journal; stresses the issue’s focus on settler colonial discourses which racialize, regulate and dismiss Indigenous cultures, ontologies, social/spiritual practices, and bodies. Notes the resulting effect of dispossession and depoliticization of Indigenous peoples.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, March 1990, pp. 5-13
Description
Taken from presentation given to the National Aboriginal Health Strategy Working Party by the Victorian Aboriginal Health Services Co-operative Limited.
Nine indicators used: recognition of land/title, self-government rights, cultural rights, and customary law, upholding historic treaties and/or signing new treaties, guarantees of representation/consultation in central government, affirmation of distinct status, support/ratification for international instruments, and affirmative action.
2nd edition.
Nine indicators were used: recognition of land/title, self-government, customary law, and culture; legal affirmation of distinct status, support/ratification for international indigenous rights instruments, affirmative action, upholding and/or signing new treaties, and guarantees of representation/consultation in central government.
Canadian Bar Review, vol. 87, no. 2, 2009, pp. [357]-390
Description
Discusses the doctrine of cultural continuity in relation to rights, the framework of residual sovereignty, and the application of a more generous application of the reconciliation doctrine.
Policy Paper Series (Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria (FVPLS Victoria)
Description
Reports on current legal and associated services offered in the state, government initiatives addressing family violence, and results from consultations about experiences with the legal system.