Symposium 9-10 December 2010
| Kaurna meyunna, Kaurna yerta, ngadlu tampendi We recognise the Kaurna people and their land |
The Symposium - an update
On 9-10 December 2010, the David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education and Research held a symposium titled: 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People - Indigenous Survival: Where to From Here?
This was a gathering of community, international lawyers, academics, students, policy makers and activists who have worked in the area of international law and the rights of Indigenous Peoples, some from the 1970s. The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on September 13, 2007.
The contributors at this well-attended symposium presented critiques of the contemporary position of Indigenous Peoples globally since the ratification of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The symposium considered the extent to which principles of self-determination have been recognised and incorporated into the Declaration. Participants were encouraged to engage with the important question of Indigenous survival: where to from here?
*Podcasts of the speakers' presentations are now available. To listen to these audio files of the speakers presenting at the event click here.
In October 2011, a special symposium edition of the Griffith Law Review will be published (vol. 20, no. 2), titled: 'Symposium: 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People; Indigenous Survival: Where to From Here?'.