UN Forum puts spotlight on healthcare for Indigenous Peoples
UN Photo/Manuel Elías A wide view of the opening of the 25th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UN)] Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ access to healthcare, including during conflict, is the theme for a major meeting that opened at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Monda More than 1,000 participants are expected to attend the latest […]
This week the 78th Session of the General Assembly in New York began
Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs, attends the opening the High- level General Debate of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly. The Minister was joined by Assistant Minister McAllister, DFAT Secretary Jan Adams, Ambassador James Larsen, Mr Rob Mitchell MP Member for McEwen, Mr Andrew Wallace MP Member for Fisher […]
Australia: Groundbreaking decision creates pathway for climate justice on Torres Strait Islands
© Karl Bouro Yessie Mosby, one of the Torres Straits Eight climate activists, speaking at the Sydney Biennale. Facebook Twitter Print Email 23 September 2022Human Rights The UN Human Rights Committee found on Friday that Australia’s failure to adequately protect indigenous Torres Islanders against climate change impacts, has violated their rights to enjoy their culture, free from “arbitrary interference” with […]
Australia’s First Nations incarceration epidemic: origins of overrepresentation and a path forward
In 2020, a wave of Black Lives Matter movements unfolded across the globe. These movements re-focused a spotlight on Australia’s fraught relationship with its First Peoples. In particular, the movements increased community awareness of the disturbing reality that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (which I will refer to as First Nations peoples) are the […]
Becoming a First Nations ally in an inclusive ‘new normal’ world
“I’d like to begin by acknowledging the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet today. I would also like to pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging.” These two sentences hold power and have become a key component of both formal and informal gatherings across modern Australia. An Acknowledgement of Country […]
Two indigenous languages are dying every month: UN Assembly President
World Bank/Curt Carnemark A group of women in traditional clothing, Kenya. Despite UN efforts throughout this International Year of Indigenous Languages to highlight the daily disappearance of mother tongues across the world, the President of the General Assembly (PGA) warned on Tuesday that “challenges persist nonetheless”. “Every fortnight, at least one indigenous language vanishes from the face […]