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Category: Indigenous Rights

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Human rights and election campaigns: Never the twain shall meet?

Published May 12, 2022 by Castan Centre in Australia, Australian Law, Indigenous Rights, lgbti rights
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A Voice to Parliament – the change we need

Published July 18, 2019 by Melissa Castan in Australian Law, Constitutional Law, Human Rights Issues, Indigenous recognition, Indigenous rights, Indigenous Rights
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Indigenous reconciliation in Australia: still a bridge too far?

Published May 19, 2016January 5, 2017 by Melissa Castan in Indigenous recognition, Indigenous Rights
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Our Damning report on the Intervention

Published February 10, 2016April 6, 2016 by Castan Centre in Indigenous recognition, Indigenous Rights
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The 2015 Human Rights Report – Indigenous Rights 2014/5: Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts?

Published May 14, 2015May 18, 2015 by Melissa Castan in Australia, Australian Law, Indigenous rights, Indigenous Rights
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Closing the Gap, very slowly

Published February 11, 2015February 11, 2015 by Marius Smith in Australia, Indigenous recognition, Indigenous rights, Indigenous Rights
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2014 Castan Human Rights Report: Indigenous rights – hastening too slowly

Published May 13, 2014June 2, 2014 by Castan Centre in Australia, Indigenous recognition, Indigenous rights, Indigenous Rights
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Guest Blog: National pride and national unity: why we should get rid of the racial discrimination in our Constitution

Published January 26, 2014January 28, 2014 by Guest in Australia, Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Discrimination law, Freedom from discrimination, Indigenous Rights, Racism
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Queensland’s voter ID laws likely to disenfranchise Indigenous Australians

Published January 22, 2014 by Marius Smith in Australia, Discrimination, Indigenous rights, Indigenous Rights, Right to vote and be elected
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What can Australia learn from other countries about Birth Registration?

Published November 28, 2013 by Dr Paula Gerber in Australia, Children's rights, Discrimination, Indigenous Rights, UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
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