29 May 2003
Media
Alert
A new approach to Indigenous land use negotiations
What:
Launch of Development and Indigenous land: A human rights approach
Date:
Friday 30 May 2003
When: 11am
Where: Human Rights and Equal
Opportunity Commission
Level 8, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
The launch of a handbook to assist Indigenous communities in land use negotiations with resource development companies will be hosted this Friday by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Dr Bill Jonas.
The publication addresses issues such as:
- Indigenous participation in project development
- protection of cultural heritage
- Indigenous involvement in environmental management
- cross cultural training and
- the need for developers to respect Indigenous decision-making processes.
Recognition of and respect for the rights of Indigenous communities are the core values which underpin these principles.
Development and Indigenous land: a human rights approach is a joint publication of Griffith University and the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
Media contact: Jan Payne, Public Affairs Unit, (02) 9284 9791
Last updated 29 May 2003.
