IND/Indigenous Australian Peoples and Human Rights

This topic investigates the Indigenous histories since the time of invasion, when Indigenous land was colonised by Europeans. This topic covers the issue of the human rights and how Indigenous Australians have struggled to gain their rights over the course of the twentieth century.

The following areas are discussed;

• What are human rights?
• How Indigenous Australians have struggled to gain their rights over the twentieth century;
• What is the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?

Objectives

This topic is study towards achieving the following objectives;

• to gain knowledge and understanding of Human Rights and the Rights of Indigenous peoples as elaborated by the United Nations.

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