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Australia’s Torres Strait islands: one of the last undiscovered places Down Under - Even most Aussies have never stepped in this remote region of the country. Abha Shah flies in to see what’s ...
The September 22 decision by the UNHRC regarding the human rights of Australia’s Torres Strait Islanders vis-à-vis climate change is yet another step in the journey of redress.
Australia told to compensate Torres Strait over failure to act on climate crisis, in landmark UN ruling Decision labelled ‘a historic victory for climate justice’ sparks hope in low-lying islands ...
It provides Australia with a rare opportunity to ensure that the rights of all Australians, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, are not only recognized but heard equally.
A United Nations committee has found that Australia had violated the human rights of a group of Torres Strait Islanders by failing to adequately protect them from the impacts of climate change.
There are some 250 land masses here, yet only 18 are inhabited, predominantly by the Torres Strait Islanders, an indigenous group with a history as long as the Aboriginal people.
A UN committee has found that Australia had violated the human rights of a group of islanders by failing to adequately protect them from the impacts of climate change, based on a complaint filed ...
James R. A. Butler ¹, Alifereti Tawake ², Tim Skewes ¹, Lavenia Tawake ¹, Vic McGrath ³, Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Fisheries Management in the Torres Strait, Australia, Ecology ...
Welcome to the Torres Strait, Arnhem Land and Cape York. This is northern Australia at its most untouched. For tens of thousands of years, the Indigenous peoples and Torres Strait Islanders here have ...
Seas are rising in the Torres Strait, swamping crops and graveyards. Friday’s decision by a landmark UN committee is a breakthrough for Indigenous rights and climate justice.
There are some 250 land masses here, yet only 18 are inhabited, predominantly by the Torres Strait Islanders, an indigenous group with a history as long as the Aboriginal people.