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...
| Published in: | SSRN Electronic Journal |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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| Online Access: | https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/4e465454-1974-4cd4-84c2-e007c587843f https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4129559 |
| 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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