Social Justice Report 2001: Letter
Read the Commissioner's letter introducing the 2001 Social Justice Report on human rights and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Summary
The report is provided in accordance with section 46C of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986, which provides that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner is to submit a report regarding the enjoyment and exercise of human rights by Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders, and including recommendations as to the action that should be taken to ensure the exercise and enjoyment of human rights by those persons.
Social Justice Report 2001
23 December 2001
The Hon Daryl Williams AM QC MP Attorney-General Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600
Dear Attorney
I am pleased to present to you the Social Justice Report 2001.
The report is provided in accordance with section 46C of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 , which provides that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner is to submit a report regarding the enjoyment and exercise of human rights by Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders, and including recommendations as to the action that should be taken to ensure the exercise and enjoyment of human rights by those persons.
This years report contains twelve recommendations, which are reproduced at the beginning of the report as well as in the relevant chapters.
Yours sincerely,
Dr William Jonas AM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner