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NO s Ninad il Wh ee Land Rights Tr aty Treaty '88 Campaign A ustralia was illegally stolen from the Aboriginal people TREATY “88 CAMPAIGN: AIMS SSS ————————— ee Treaty '88 Campaign A ustralia was illegally stolen from the Aboriginal people TREATY “88 CAMPAIGN: AIMS two hundred years ago; no treaty was ever signedandit seems We pursuea Treaty as the instrument to delineate our en- the present covermmnent! will follow us predecessors and titlement and our human rights, and enshrine our inherent A oa ni . a aad earen aaa A 3 under- rights in the Constitution and International Covenants. taken after the ational Referendum) - and its prom- ae OBJECTIVES 1. Effect a treaty between Aboriginals and the Australian Government. 2. Ensure inallenable freehold title over Aboriginal Now the Aboriginal people will launch embarrassing legal and moral challenges to Australia and the world. They are fed up with promises and would like something on : ‘ : lands. paper. The following is from the Treaty ’88 Campaign. 3. Protection of Sacred Sites. Wethe Aboriginal People restate that we are the Sovereign 4. Control over mining on Aboriginal lands. Owners of Australia. There have been no treaties with us 5. Compensation for loss of lands to be negoti- and we have never ceded our Sovereignty. Our land has ated. beeninvaded bya foreign power that broke International Law 6. International recognition of Aboriginals as a and its own Imperial Directive: people. “You are, with the consent of the natives, to take posses- 7. Self-determination. sion...”,i.e.,a Treaty was tobe made. Instead, in1770,Captain 8. Treaty to encompass proper management and Cook declared the legal lie that our land was terra nullius ,a safeguarding of heritage, land & environment. wasteland and unoccupied. 9. Establish continuous management practices for Our path to justice now lies in the international arena. In the total environment. 1975 the International Court of Justice found that when Spain 10. Effectively safeguard this land as a nuclear-free colonised the Western Sahara in 1844 it was inhabited by and peaceful country. people organised in tribes and as a consequence the Western 11. Regulate the processes of law to ensure equality, Sahara was not terra nullius . Ina separate ruling it was stated freedom, human rights and achieve those that the concept of terra nullius stands condemned. aspirations long recognised as the prerequisites We pursue a Sovereign Treaty, under the Vienna Con- for human development and peace throughout this vention on the Law of Treaties, that has constitutional effect land. and is void if it violates fundamental principles of Human 12. To meet all those objectives for human devel- Rights, e.g. the right of a people to self-determination. opment as spelled out in the International Cove- nants of Human Rights. °° Treaty '88 COMPA) GPO Box 1101 Camber rea ACT 2601 ens Nexus New Times Two v A ustralia was illegally stolen from the Aboriginal people two hundred years ago; no treaty was ever signedand it seems the present government will follow its predecessors and renege on its Land Rights obligations (which were under- taken after the 1967 National Referendum) - and its prom- ises. Now the Aboriginal people will launch embarrassing legal and moral challenges to Australia and the world. They are fed up with promises and would like something on paper. The following is from the Treaty ’88 Campaign. Wethe Aboriginal People restate that we are the Sovereign Owners of Australia. There have been no treaties with us and we have never ceded our Sovereignty. Our land has beeninvaded bya foreign power that brokeInternational Law and its own Imperial Directive: “You are, with the consent of the natives, to take posses- sion...”,i.e.,a Treaty was tobe made. Instead, in 1770, Captain Cook declared the legal lie that our land was terra nullius ,a wasteland and unoccupied. Our path to justice now lies in the international arena. In 1975 the International Court of Justice found that when Spain colonised the Western Sahara in 1844 it was inhabited by people organised in tribes and as a consequence the Western Sahara was not terra nullius . Ina separate ruling it was stated that the concept of terra nullius stands condemned. We pursue a Sovereign Treaty, under the Vienna Con- vention on the Law of Treaties, that has constitutional effect and is void if it violates fundamental principles of Human Rights, e.g. the right of a people to self-determination. We pursue a Treaty as the instrument to delineate our en- titlement and our human rights, and enshrine our inherent rights in the Constitution and International Covenants. mn = OBJECTIVES Effect a treaty between Aboriginals and the Australian Government. Ensure inallenable freehold title over Aboriginal Inada lands. Protection of Sacred Sites. Control over mining on Aboriginal lands. Compensation for loss of lands to be negoti- ated. International recognition of Aboriginals as a people. 7. Self-determination. 8. Treaty to encompass proper management and safeguarding of heritage, land & environment. 9. Establish continuous management practices for the total environment. 10. Effectively safeguard this land as a nuclear-free and peaceful country. 11. Regulate the processes of law to ensure equality, freedom, human rights and achieve those aspirations long recognised as the prerequisites for human development and peace throughout this land. 12. To meet all those objectives for human devel- opment as spelled out in the International Cove- Treaty '88 COMPA) GPO Box 1101 ees CANDETTA ACT 2601 8 RATawsin AlTacie Tien an Terran nants of Human Rights. °° Nexus New Times Two