The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principles.
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principles.
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principles. Presented by Dr Virginia Marshall. Tuesday 28 June 2022. The preamble of UNDRIP gives recognition to the right of Indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well-being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child. Articles 7(2) and 8(2)(d) affirms that Indigenous peoples shall not be subjected to forcible removal of children and that States shall provide effective mechanisms for the prevention of, and redress for any form of forced assimilation or integration.