Rights of Indigenous Peoples

THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

• In addition to other human rights, Australia owes a particular responsibility and obligation to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia in respect of the rights to

o Cultural and spiritual practice and their transmission

o Traditional country and its resources of food and water subject to sustainable ecological restraints.

• · The same access to health, education, and other services as all other Australians.

Right to Culture

RIGHT TO CULTURE

• Provided that the rights of others are not infringed upon, all persons with a particular cultural, religious, racial or linguistic background must be allowed the right, in community with other persons of that background, to enjoy his or her culture, to declare and practice his or her religion and to use his or her language.

• Freedom to transmit cultural and ecological practices within sustainable ecological restraints.