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The Yoorrook Justice Commission reports are powerful and historic. But the question remains: will they change anything?
Bill 5 and C-5 threaten to bypass environmental safeguards and the duty to consult with Indigenous communities for the sake of short-term profits.
In May 2000, Australians marched to symbolise coming together. But in the decades that followed, promises to Indigenous people have gone unfulfilled.
Canada has a long history of human rights and environmental abuses abroad, especially in Latin America.
Repatriation is now a legal responsibility, but also a matter of human rights, an anthropologist writes.
Private conservation groups channel huge sums of money to parks and protected areas around the world, but often have failed to protect basic rights of Indigenous people living on those lands.
As King Charles prepares to visit Australia, an apology from the king could have immense symbolic importance for First Nations people.
Years after being ousted during his third term in office, the former Peruvian strongman was sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes he committed as president. He was later pardoned – twice.
Why few Native Americans are celebrating the centennial of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.
Indigenous people’s concerns and considerations could provide a strong basis for climate litigation in South Africa.
The recent title lands agreement between British Columbia and the Haida Nation is historic and inspiring, but also long overdue in light of decades of rulings by international human rights bodies.
The lessons from Tasmania are clear. Asserting Indigenous rights in Canada can be mutually beneficial for all.
More than six years after Pavel Sulyandziga, an Indigenous activist from Russia, left the country to seek political asylum in the US, he continues to face harassment by the Russian government.
Global human rights is an area where Chinese officials are willing to engage with the international community and could provide a window of opportunity towards further progress in the future.
The father of Khoisan revivalism became a public historian as his academic work met activism.
As detailed in a June 2023 event in Grenoble, France, business schools hold partial responsibility for the longstanding behaviour of multinational corporations (MNCs) in indigenous territories.
A ‘no’ result in the vote could compromise Australia’s moral authority when it seeks to advocate or pressure other states on human rights issues.
Te Pāti Māori was born out of protest. After almost two decades, the party is carving out a political presence beyond its traditional base of support.
A pipeline that has carried Canadian oil and gas across Wisconsin and Michigan for 70 years has become a symbol of fossil fuel politics and a test of local regulatory power.
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Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Project Lead, Australian Climate Accountability Project at the UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW
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Professor of Practice & Engagement, School for Environment & Sustainability; Director of the University of Michigan Water Center, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor and Director, Kingsford Legal Centre, UNSW
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PhD student of law, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
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Professor, Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
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UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) and Professor in Political Science, Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
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Professor of Indigenous Health, Executive Director, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
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Chancellor, University of Canberra
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Professor, RMIT University
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Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation, University of Saskatchewan
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Co-Director, Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, and Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Senior Lecturer in History, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor in Spanish, Swansea University