Conference Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 14:32:04 +0930 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk FYI: Please contact us if you have any questions about the bulletin or would like your name removed from the distribution list. Moving Forward: Reparations for the Stolen Generations Conference 15 and 16 August 2001 A national conference to facilitate public debate about reparations for the stolen generations will be held on 15-16 August 2001 at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. The conference will be hosted by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC), the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC). During 1995-96, HREOC conducted the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. The report of the inquiry, Bringing them Home, was tabled in the Federal Parliament in 1997, and illustrated the considerable harm and abuse suffered by many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and communities as a consequence of their removal. Four years later, despite litigation and calls to address the trauma and harm caused, there remains a pressing need for reparations for the stolen generations. Moving Forward - Achieving reparations for the stolen generations, will bring together Indigenous and non-indigenous Australians to explore a model for providing reparations to members of the stolen generations. The conference will address topics including q the inadequacy of government measures to meet the needs of those affected by forcible removal; q international law and models for dealing with reparations for violations of human rights; q the findings of a national consultation project on a reparations tribunal proposal, conducted by PIAC, ATSIC and the National Sorry Day Committee q government and church responses to the history and effects of forcible removal; q the importance of reparations in advancing the process of reconciliation. The conference hosts are committed to ensuring that members of the stolen generations play a central role in shaping the conference outcomes. Members of the stolen generations are encouraged to attend the conference and should contact the conference organisers with any queries or requests for assistance. The conference will feature international and Australian speakers including: * Audrey Ningali Kinnear, Co-chair National Sorry Day Committee * Carol Kendall, Link Up and the NSW Stolen Generations Memorial Foundation * Shelley Reys, Co-chair, Reconciliation Australia * Brian Butler, ATSIC Commissioner * Dr William Jonas AM, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (HREOC) * Elizabeth Evatt AC, Chairperson PIAC, formerly member of the UN Human Rights Committee * Mike Degagne, Executive Officer, Canadian Aboriginal Healing Foundation * Dumisa Ntzebeza, former commissioner on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission * Justice Joe Williams, Chief Judge of the New Zealand Waitangi Tribunal * Nathalie Des Rosiers, President, Law Commission of Canada * Professor Taunya Banks, University of Maryland, USA * Rev David Gill, Secretary-General, National Council of Churches in Australia * The Hon Philip Ruddock MP, Minister for Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs * Senator Aden Ridgeway, Deputy Leader, Australian Democrats * Bob McMullan MP, Federal Shadow Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs For further information about the conference, programme, speakers, facilities and registration contact the Moving Forward Conference Secretariat at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or on 02 9284 9830 or go to the website at http://www.humanrights.gov.au/movingforward/ PER: Patrick T. Byrt Convenor- Reconciliation and Human Rights Roma Mitchell Community Legal Centre Inc. 110 The Parade, NORWOOD, S.A. 5067 PO Box 4018, NORWOOD SOUTH, S.A. 5067 TEL: (08) 8362 1154 / FAX: (08) 8362 0410 website: http://www.adelaide.net.au/~norwcls/BIGGERPICTURE.html e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
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