Imagining a Makarrata Commission ...

• Main Authors: Morris, Shireen, Hobbs, Harry
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Monash University 2023
• Subjects: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the law; Comparative law; Law and humanities; Constitutional law; Canada; New Zealand; First Nations
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.26180/22081931.v2; https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Imagining_a_Makarrata_Commission/22081931/2

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. ...