Conferences and Events
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander takes part in a range of conferences and events focussing on issues of importance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Details of conferences and events sponsored by the Commission are available below.
Conference: Friday 28 September 2007
Ten years later: Bringing them home and the Forced Removal of Children
In April 1997 the Australian Human Rights Commission released Bringing them home. The report
followed a two-year National Inquiry into the Separation
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from
Their Families.
Website: www.ilc.unsw.edu.au
UN Workshop on Engaging the Marginalised: Partnerships between Indigenous Peoples, governments and civil society,
2005 International Conference on Engaging Communities, Brisbane, Australia.
15 August 2005
On 15 August 2005, in Brisbane Australia, 160 delegates from the International Engaging Communities conference participated in the UN-sponsored workshop, 'Engaging the Marginalised: Partnerships between Indigenous Peoples, governments and civil society'.
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage, Key Indicators 2005 Report
16 September 2005
A seminar about the Steering Committee for Government Service Provision's Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage, Key Indicators 2005 Report was held on 16 September 2005 in Sydney, co-hosted by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, the Productivity Commission and Reconciliation Australia.
Click here to access:
- Papers presented at the seminar
- Speech by Mr Tom Calma, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
- Speech by Jackie Huggins, University of Queensland and Co-Chair, Reconciliation Australia
- Speech by Professor Mick Dodson, Australian National University
- Speech by Ms Kerry Arabena, Australian Institute of Aboringinal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Audio recordings of the presentations in MP3 format 32bit are available for listening to on-line or for downloading
- Session
1 - Introduction
(Download Size: 1.70mb) - Mr
Gary Banks, Overview of report, 20mins
(Download Size: 6.86mb) - Mr
Tom Calma, Human rights, 15mins
(Download Size: 3.81mb) - Ms
Jackie Huggins, Crime and Justice/substance abuse issues, 20mins
(Download Size: 5.30mb) - Session
1 - Comments
(Download Size: 2.63mb) - Session
2 - Introduction
(Download Size: 418kb) - Professor
Mick Dodson, Governance, 15mins
(Download Size: 3.52mb) - Ms
Kerry Arabena, Torres Strait Islander Issues, 15mins
(Download Size: 3.63mb) - Ms
Stephanie Bell, Health, 15mins
(Download Size: 4.45mb) - Mr
Paul Knight, Education, 15mins
(Download Size: 5mb) - Session
2 - Comments
(Download Size: 7mb)
Benchmarking reconciliation and human rights
3 February 2003
In late 2002, the Social Justice Commissioner convened a workshop to consider issues relating benchmarking reconciliation from a human rights perspective.
Click here to access:
- Benchmarking Reconciliation And Human Rights - Report of a Workshop on Benchmarking Reconciliation convened by the Australian Human Rights Commission
- Attachment A: List of Participants
- Attachment B: Issues Paper - Benchmarking Reconciliation and Human Rights - Paper prepared for Sydney Workshop
Moving Forward: Achieving Reparations for the Stolen Generations
August 2001
A
national conference to facilitate public debate about reparations for
the stolen generations was held on 15 & 16 August 2001 in Sydney.The
conference was hosted by the Australian Human Rights Commission
(the Commission), the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)
and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC).
