Self-Determination and Rights

A vision for Koorie children and families: Embedding rights, embedding culture

About this journal article: This commentary highlights the importance of understanding Aboriginality and culture as sources of strength and for Aboriginal children and families. It emphasises the need for Aboriginal people to be active agents in shaping...

Detoxifying the child and family welfare system for Australian Indigenous peoples: Self-determination, rights and culture as the critical tools

About this journal article: This article examines how the child and family welfare system has been shaped by colonisation in ways that continue to impact Indigenous children and families. It describes VACCA’s push for an Indigenous-led approach...

Human rights as a social investment for Indigenous children and families: Putting history, culture and self-determination back into the equation

About this journal article: Rather than treating social investment as separate from justice, this article explores how a human-rights based approach to social investment can better support Indigenous children and families. It highlights the importance of...

Indigenous ontology, international law and the application of the Convention to the over-representation of Indigenous children in out-of-home-care in Canada and Australia

About this article: Focusing on Canada and Australia, this article explores how United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child with the United Nations Declaration applies to the over-representation of Indigenous children in out-of-home care. It...