Working Group on Indigenous Populations

The follow are submissions made to the 17th session of the Working Group on Idigenous Populations (WGIP) in Geneva.

• Agenda Item 4 - Submission by FAIRA
  • The speech by Shane Hoffman to the WGIP
  • The full submission to WGIP - Review of developments pertaining to the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people: general statements

   

• Article Item 5 - Submission by the National Indigenous Working Group
  • Indigenous Peoples and their relationship to land

• Article Item 7 - Submission by the National Indigenous Working Group
  • The speech by Les Malezer to the WGIP
  • Standard-setting activities - including possible guidelines for private sector energy and mining.

• Article Item 11 - Submission by FAIRA
  • Participation in the prepatory work of the World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination

• Protest Letters
  • Letter to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Alexander Downer
  • Letter to United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Anan

• Press Releases
  • Australian Government Report to UN Offends Human Rights Principles
  • Racist Laws Will Hurt Olympics
  • Rio Tinto at UN - Aborigines Complain