The Committee`s role as a legal and policy advisory expert took into account recent advice and correspondence from the ACA in the areas of cultural heritage, indigenous title, corporations, intellectual property, constitutional recognition, discrimination law, bias in the legal and judicial system, social security, child protection, detention issues including bail and sentencing, disability, domestic violence, bridging the gap and minimum age for detention. criminal liability. The Society was invited to propose candidates with in-depth knowledge and experience, taking into account these and other priority areas of law. The Law Council is an active advocate for the legal rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Seventh session 21 April – 2. May 2008 – United Nations Headquarters, New York Special theme: “Climate change, biocultural diversity and livelihoods: the role of indigenous peoples and emerging challenges” The commitment and role of the Permanent Forum in promoting the rights of indigenous peoples is made possible through the Trust Fund on Indigenous Issues, which, as a whole, facilitates follow-up to the Forum`s recommendations. Raise awareness and awareness of indigenous issues, and represent and participate members of the Permanent Forum in international meetings relevant to its mandate. In addition, the Trust Fund supports the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Department of Economic and Social Affairs is responsible for the overall management of the Trust Fund, which is part of the secretariat of the Division for Indigenous Peoples and Development of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Francisco Cali Tzay was appointed Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples in March 2020 and took office on 1 May 2020. As the Mayan cakchiquel of Guatemala, he has represented indigenous peoples at the United Nations since the early 1980s and has addressed human rights violations against indigenous peoples in Guatemala and around the world. The main objective of the Committee is to advise the ACL on key federal and national issues, as well as legal and policy responses affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and legal practitioners, and to improve access to justice as experienced by these respective cohorts. Submission of the Centre on Indigenous Legal Issues to the National Advisory Committee on Human Rights (15 June 2009). The Committee`s priorities are: drafting and commenting on legislative reforms and legal policy proposals; inform the legal profession of changes in the law and provide advice in practice and on other matters; exchange of information on issues arising from legal practice; and advising the Law Society on its Strategic Plan for Indigenous Reconciliation 2019-2022. The role of the Aboriginal Issues Committee is to represent the Law Society and its members on legal policy and practical issues relating to Aboriginal peoples in New South Wales. This page contains downloadable articles, presentations, media commentary, etc. created by Centre staff on Aboriginal Legal Issues. A full list of project leader Sean Brennan`s publications is available here. Fifth session 15 – 26 May 2006 – United Nations Headquarters, New York Special topic: “The Millennium Development Goals and indigenous peoples: redefining the Millennium Development Goals” Center for Senate Inquiry into the Low Aromatic Fuels Act (24 July 2012)Written by Project Director, Sean Brennan. Assesses legal soundness and constitutional validity and proposes an extension of the constitutional basis of the bill.
In 2021, the priority issues for the Aboriginal Affairs Commission are incarceration rates for Indigenous peoples; Indigenous empowerment, community empowerment, cultural heritage protection, consumer protection and access to justice. In 2001, the Commission on Human Rights decided to appoint a special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples within the thematic special procedures system. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur was extended by the Commission on Human Rights in 2004 and by the Human Rights Council in 2007. It was last renewed in 2019 in resolution 42/20. For more information on this committee, please email Mary Woodford, Executive Director of Advocacy – advocacy@lawsocietywa.asn.au The Committee maintains links with other relevant committees represented on the UWA Juris Doctor`s Juris Doctor Project Reference Group and the Australian Legal Council`s Indigenous Legal Issues Committee.