Imagining a Makarrata Commission ...
The Uluru Statement from the Heart advocates for a First Nations constitutional voice and a legislated Makarrata Commission to supervise agreement-making and truth-telling. A First Nations voice is the immediate priority and the necessary focus of scholarly and practical discussion. However, while a...
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| Format: | Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper |
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Monash University
2023
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.26180/22081931.v1 https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Imagining_a_Makarrata_Commission/22081931/1 |
| Summary: | The Uluru Statement from the Heart advocates for a First Nations constitutional voice and a legislated Makarrata Commission to supervise agreement-making and truth-telling. A First Nations voice is the immediate priority and the necessary focus of scholarly and practical discussion. However, while advocates envisage a Makarrata Commission being established following a First Nations voice, there is negligible research imagining how a Makarrata Commission might operate. This article addresses that gap. Drawing on agreement-making and truth-telling processes in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and Canada, it imagines how a national institution to supervise agreement-making and truth-telling could function. ... |
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