Human Rights, Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation in Australia
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2008
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Gunstone, A.R.
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Garbutt, R.
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Activating Human Rights and Peace: Universal Responsibility Conference 2008 Proceedings, 2008 / Garbutt, R. (ed./s)
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Activating Human Rights and Peace 2008 Conference Proceedings (1 Jul 2008 - 4 Jul 2008 : Byron Bay, Australia)
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In this paper, I analyse the formal documents of reconciliation produced by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation at the conclusion of the formal Australian reconciliation process in 2000. These documents were the Australian Declaration towards Reconciliation and the Roadmap for Reconciliation. In particular, I argue that these documents of reconciliation largely failed to substantially recognise and address Indigenous people’s Indigenous rights. Unlike human rights, which are universal for all human beings, Indigenous rights are those rights possessed by Indigenous peoples in Australia by virtue of them being the original inhabitants and continuing sovereign owners of this continent. I conclude this paper by arguing the need for formal documents of reconciliation and a substantial reconciliation process that genuinely recognises, addresses and protects both the human rights and the Indigenous rights of Indigenous peoples in Australia.
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Copyright 2008 Andrew Gunstone