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DTP s Indigenous Youth Program, February 2008: Participant Expectations To gain understanding and knowledge of the Indigenous human right for my community Learn more about human rights and the relationship to health and Indigenous peoples Get ideas on how to explain/argue the whole sorry/apology with people Get to know people from Australia I want to gain an extensive knowledge about human rights on a local level and national level Learn how to address injustice and issues that affect my people and their community To have a better understanding of human rights and to be able to voice concerns or opinions that are affecting my community. One day I hope to help change the constitution to suit Aboriginal people of Australia Support and advocate To learn how to advocate in my line of work To understand about human rights to teach others I would like to discuss the remote Aboriginal communities I work in particularly the South Australian remote ones the lifting of the RAE s the intervention and how it affects the people in remote communities To learn about the United Nations system and how it works (how it can work for me, my community and people) To gain an understanding of a system and mechanisms that I can use to agitate for change in my community and nationally, given that existing legal mechanisms have failed us to date Meet people, and be inspired To network with other leaders To gain insight into justice Leave with implementation ideas Voice my role and vision in my community To learn about what programs and programs I can access for support in Indigenous rights justice for Indigenous people How to use my current job to promote and make changes in relation to human rights and international law To gain understanding of the international system of human rights and advocacy 13
Human rights in relation to the law of the sea To take skills and implement them into my role as a CSSO to help families/children reunify to traditional home lands I expect to understand more broadly the current equal rights policies and movements and expect to network with my brothers and sisters today and Oxfam representatives unna I expect to learn about human rights and Indigenous affairs so that hopefully I ll be able to help my people To be familiar with the human rights framework specific to Indigenous peoples Learn about the obligations of the Australian government How to advocate to and lobby in my community Indigenous rights: land and sea rights To gain an understanding of the concepts of the human rights Learn new ideas on how to advocate for indigenous people How can we in communities use a piece of paper to change things? I would like to gain a strong understanding and knowledge of human rights To have more of an understanding of human rights in general Learn the meaning of human rights as I have no knowledge in the area and would like to know how to use the skills to help my people To learn more about human rights and advocacy Network To gain a better understanding of human rights To meet new people, social networking Understand how human rights impacts on laws governing our country How human rights can benefit Indigenous people Learn how to change the situation for the gay and lesbian Indigenous people Better understanding of human rights and ways to advocate Learn how to recognise and change human rights violations 14
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WEEK 1 Monday 11 th February Tuesday 12 th February Wednesday 13 th February Thursday 14 th February Friday 15 th February Participant Presentations Feedback Session Feedback Session Participant Presentations Participant Presentations Feedback session Morning 1 9.00 to 10.30 The National Apology to Indigenous Australia 10:45-12:30 Welcome to Country, Participant introductions, Uncle Norm Newlin Professor Garth Nettheim Professor David Dixon Jacqui Katona The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples An introduction Getting the Declaration Adopted A Case History in International Lobbying Campaigning and Advocacy Developing Strategies Facilitator(s) Dr Sarah Pritchard The Participants Les Malezer Brian Wyatt Morning Tea 10:30-10:45 Training outline & Local Morning 2 Orientation Indigenous Peoples, International Human Rights Standards and Australia The Convention on the Rights of the Child an Introduction Facilitator(s) Jacqui Katona & Patrick Earle (DTP) Dr Sarah Pritchard James McDougall/Annie Petit/Teena Balgi 12.30-12.50 Participant Presentations Participant Presentations Lunch 12:50.-2:00 Afternoon 1 What Are Human Rights? 2:00-3:30 Indigenous Peoples and the UN System - Opportunities and Challenges Field visit HREOC Domestic Mechanisms for Promoting and Protecting Human Rights - The Role of HREOC Facilitator(s) Dr Sarah Pritchard Dr Sarah Pritchard Katie Kiss, Domenic Vircillo and Jonathan Hunyor Afternoon Tea 3:30-3:45 Afternoon 2 Practical Exercise UN 3:45-5:30 Treaty Bodies The International Human Rights Framework and the Obligations of Australian Governments Field Visit HREOC Human Rights and Government Policy A Perspective from HREOC Facilitator(s) Dr Sarah Pritchard Dr Sarah Pritchard Fabienne Balsamo, Katie Kiss and Chris Holland 10 minutes Diary Session Diary Session Diary Session Reception at Parliament House Where to go now on the Declaration? Applying the Declaration to Policy and Practice Group Exercise Les Malezer Media and Advocacy Getting Listened To Helen Ester Internet Media and Advocacy Role Play Philip Chung Internet Philip Chung Diary Session Helen Ester Course Evaluations and Feedback: Closing Ceremony - Brian Wyatt, Patrick Earle and Garth Nettheim 18
Night Schedule 10 th 15 th February, 2008 Sydney, Australia WEEK 1 Sunday 10 th February Monday 11 th February Tuesday 12 th February Wednesday 13 th February Thursday 14 th February Friday 15 th February 6:45pm Dinner 7-9:00pm 6:30 PM Meet For Dinner Outside Law Building Main Entrance Welcome Dinner: Gourmet Pizza Kitchen Meet For Dinner Outside Law Building Main Entrance Dinner: Chinese Banquet Yong Jing s Kitchen Enlightenment Meet for dinner outside Law Building Main Entrance (Greek) Skara Bar : Randwick Free Time: Participants to arrange own dinner Meet 6:30: Travel to Dinner : Yaama Dhiyaan (Redfern) Participants Return Home 19
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