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Assess theeffectiveness of the Law in Achieving Justice for Indigenous People.
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Assess the effectiveness of the Law in Achieving Justice for Indigenous People. In relation to Australia, the term 'Indigenous peoples' refers to two distinct cultures of people who inhabited the land prior to European settlement - The Aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islanders. This population declined dramatically over the 19th and early 20th century due to the introduction of new diseases from European settlement, Government policies of dispersal and dispossession, the era of protection, assimilation and integration causing a cultural disruption and disintegration of the Indigenous peoples. In the 20th century the recognition and protection of Indigenous peoples land rights and human rights have been at the forefront of Global Issues where the International community has sought to address the issues and ratify Human Rights and Land Rights for Indigenous People as a legitimate subject to be implemented into international law and the domestic law of member states such as...
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