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Kimberley Aboriginal women are set to take their case to the United Nations in Geneva
A delegation of Aboriginal women from Western Australia's Kimberley region is tr...
Natasha Clark 8 Jul 2026
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade launches First Nations International Engagement Strategy
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade launched the First Nations I...
Giovanni Torre 8 Jul 2026
Artback NT delegation strengthens First Nations cultural connections with Taiwan
Art has always been one of the oldest ways First Nations peoples have carried kn...
Nicole Brown 7 Jul 2026
'The next fifty years of NAIDOC must strengthen what the last fifty have fought to protect'
For fifty years, NAIDOC has celebrated the strength of our people. It honours th...
William Tilmouth 6 Jul 2026
Indigenous interests lose out in Peru's critical runoff presidential election
A campaign from Peru's Indigenous communities to prevent the return of Fujimoris...
Andrew Mathieson 2 Jul 2026
UN recommendations on Indigenous rights largely rejected by Albanese government

The Albanese government has rejected key United Nations recommendations aimed at improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including calls to raise the age of criminal respo...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 30, 2026
‘Reconciliation cannot be performative’ – Canadian Indigenous leaders set the standard for business Action Plans

British Columbia Indigenous leaders have published important new guidelines which aim to set a standard for Reconciliation Action Plans in the Canadian province.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 22, 2026
Bolivian government declares state of emergency as Indigenous resistance grows

The Bolivian national government has declared a state of emergency over ongoing protests led by Indigenous people including farmers throughout the country.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jun 22, 2026
Bolivian government launches crackdown on Indigenous solidarity protesters

Military and law enforcement have clashed with demonstrators led by predominantly Indigenous protesters amid an attempt to clear roadways leading into the Bolivian capital, La Paz, which had been bloc...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson May 19, 2026
United Nations urges Canada to stop assimilatory impacts of the ‘Indian Act’

The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recently took the significant step of issuing Technical Advice to Canada regarding implementation of the United Nations Declarat...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 13, 2026
Advocates say Australia's UNDRIP inaction continues to fail Stolen Generations survivors

Stolen Generations survivors continue to be disadvantaged when the rights of Indigenous peoples are not embedded in law across the country, advocates say.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 29, 2026
Truth‑telling is a human right, and Australia has a legal duty to deliver it

Australia stands at a turning point. The defeat of the 2023 Voice Referendum did not simply end a debate; it exposed how uncomfortable many Australians still are with the truth.

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Scottie Campbell Apr 28, 2026
Canadian First Nations leaders fight back against attack on Indigenous rights in British Columbia

Canadian Indigenous leaders have urged legislators in British Columbia to vote down a bill which would suspended parts of the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 20, 2026
Peru's largest Indigenous organisation takes stand against illegal mining as nation votes

Peruvians headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president and Congress, but illegal mining — a major driver of deforestation and mercury pollution — has received little attention on...

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Steve Grattan Apr 13, 2026
British Columbia Court of Appeal overturns decision limiting Nuchatlaht Nation's claims on Nootka Island

The British Columbia Court of Appeal has overturned a 2024 lower-court ruling this week after finding the judge used an "arbitrary boundary" to determine a First Nation's native title over a swath of...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 3, 2026
A Human Rights Act in NSW promises practical change for First Nations people

People in New South Wales live with some of the least protection of their human rights in any Western democracy. We have no federal Human Rights Act and, unlike our neighbours in the ACT, Queensland a...

More than 100 British Columbia First Nations leaders join growing opposition to proposed Declaration Act changes

A growing list of more than 100 First Nations leaders and organisations from across the Canadian province of British Columbia have renewed their vow to defend the Declaration on the Rights of Indigeno...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 10, 2026
On Invasion Day, Australia cannot dodge the truth in Geneva

Our people have always told the truth about what January 26 means. Dispossession. Violence. Stolen Land. Stolen children. Attempted cultural and linguistic erasure.

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Nerita Waight Jan 26, 2026
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