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Social Justice & Human Rights Issues:
A Global Perspective

Gail Mabo Chris Morgan

Watch a video clip of Gail and Chris saying hello in language.

We would like you to join us on a journey in understanding the important issues of social justice and human rights for Indigenous peoples, both from a global perspective, and our own personal experience.

By using the menu bar you will be able to investigate these issues with us.

First of all we would like you to read a statement from Pat Dodson who was the Aboriginal and Torres Stait Islander Social Justice Commissioner from 1993-1998.
"Social justice must always be considered from a perspective which is grounded in the daily lives of Indigenous Australians. Social justice is what faces you in the morning. It is awakening in a house with an adequate water supply, cooking facilities and sanitation. It is the ability to nourish your children and send them to school where their education not only equips them for employment but reinforces their knowledge and appreciation of their cultural inheritance. It is the prospect of genuine employment and good health: a life of choices and opportunity, free from discrimination."

(Annual Report of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commisioner, 1993)