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This conference will aim to provide an opportunity to address how the rights of indigenous peoples, as contained in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, are respected or have been violated.
Many brilliant speakers (see list below) will be speaking at the conference.
This conference will aim to provide an opportunity to address how the rights of indigenous peoples, as contained in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, are respected or have been violated.
Many brilliant speakers (see list below) will be speaking at the conference.
- When: Friday 28 August & Friday 23 October
- Where: Parliament House, Brisbane, Queensland
- Contact: Tel/Fax 61-7 3254 1096 or [email protected]
Speakers:
- Tilman Ruff MAPW Vice-President Associate Professor, also an International Medical Advisor to the Australian Red Cross; and technical advisor to the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and UNICEF on immunisation programs in Pacific Island countries
- Melissa Parke MP
- Martine Letts Deputy Director, Lowy Institute for International Policy
- Professor Dr Charles Sampford, Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law
- Mr Kelvin Thomson MP Chairman Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
- Ms Penelope Wensley the Governor of Queensland AO
- Commissioner Tom Calma
- Professor James Anaya
- Doug Nakajima UNESCO
- Les Malezer Chairperson, Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA).
- Professor Larissa Behrendt Professor of Law and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology, Sydney
- Professor Marcia Langton AM holds the foundation chair in Australian Indigenous Studies, Centre for Health & Society, at the University of Melbourne
- Jean Westerhout Acting Deputy Director Cape York Institute for Policy & Leaderships Cape York
- The Hon Paul Keating
- Associate Professor Marianne Hansen Reader in International Relations, Director, Rotary Centre for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution