Using the human rights system to protect and preserve indigenous language use

Abstract

The presentation today is about the different ways of using the human rights system to protect and preserve indigenous language use. These include international, national and local or state and Territory, human rights mechanisms within Australia. There are three different organisations where Complaints regarding human rights violations, including indigenous issues, can be made. They are: 1) The United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations. 2) The Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission. 3) The State or, in this case, the Northern Territory Human Rights Office. The first part of this paper deals with the United Nations system, and will be followed by reviewing Australian mechanisms for handling Human rights discrimination cases.