Indigenous Rights

UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Global efforts to support the human rights of Indigenous peoples have reached a critical turning point as the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples comes before the UN General Assembly for adoption later this year.

The Declaration had been under negotiation within the United Nations for more than two decades. In June 2006, the historic first meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted the draft Declaration and recommended its adoption to the UN General Assembly.
The Declaration must be adopted by UN General Assembly in order to become part of the body of international human rights standards.

Please sign this global petition calling for the adoption of the Declaration by the General Assembly.

Northern Territory Land Rights Act
A summary of the recent changes to the NT Land rights Act has been produced by the University of New South Wales. Download the document http://www.gtcentre.unsw.edu.au/news/docs/ALRA_2006.pdf

ANTaR Vic provides regular updates on the latest Indigenous news with a focus on Victoria on the front page of the website, see: http://www.antarvictoria.org.au