Social justice and native title reports released

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma, released the sixth Social Justice and Native Title reports on 22 January 2010.

The Social Justice Report 2009 focussed on: justice reinvestment to reduce Indigenous over-representation in the criminal justice system; protection of Indigenous languages; and sustaining Aboriginal homeland communities. The Native Title Report 2009, comprehensively reviews developments in native title law and policy from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 and considers principles and standards that should underpin cultural change in the native title system.

Contacts

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Australian Human Rights Commission
GPO Box 5218
Sydney NSW 2001
Ph: (02) 9284 9600
Fax: (02) 9284 9611
Email: paffairs@humanrights.gov.au

Links

• View abstract: Native title report 2009
• View abstract: Social justice report 2009
• View website: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
• View website: Australian Human Rights Commission