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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shireen Morris, Harry Hobbs
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2023
Subjects:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the law
Comparative law
Law and humanities
Constitutional law
constitutional recognition
constitutional reform
Uluru Statement from the Heart
First Nations voice
treaty
truth
Indigenous rights
agreement making
Canada
New Zealand
First Nations
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.26180/22081931.v3
https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Imagining_a_Makarrata_Commission/22081931
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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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