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Indigenous Affairs
4.269 documents for Indigenous Affairs
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The UN Declaration itself, although it mentions the word "indigenous* 100 times, does not define the term, being satisfied to proclaim all of the rights to which indigenous people are entitled. But other UN documents do define the term, and it would appear from them that the Jewish presence in the Land of Israel represents an example of an indigenous people. In tact, notes a December 20 report of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) in Washington, DC, "the Jewish people constitute the ultimate success of an indigenous people reclaiming sovereignty and rights in their historic space.
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Australia adopted the U.N.'s declaration of indigenous rights today , reversing its earlier opposition in an attempt to shore up relations between white Australians and Aborigines. Jenny Macklin is Australia's minister for indigenous affairs. In supporting the declaration Australia takes another important step toward resetting relations between indigenous and non- indigenous Australians.
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... is of fundamental importance for indigenous/government relations. This is expanded upon via a ... (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs), suggests that "Indigenous peoples number over 35...
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CANBERRA, Australia The Australian government has introduced bills in Parliament to fight child sex abuse among Aborigines, in a plan condemned by critics as discriminatory and an attack on indigenous culture. In introducing almost 500 pages of legislation, Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough described Outback Aboriginal communities as "a failed society where law and order and behavior have broken down and where women and children are unsafe.
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... for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v SGLB (2004) 78 ALJR 992; SAAP v Minister...
