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“Being a young Indigenous person, I strongly believe that culture and identity are imperative for us to grow and develop as healthy young people. I grew up when we were told that we Indigenous people wouldn’t become much. I could have easily gone two ways. I could have thrown my hands up and said yeah they are right, I’m not going to go very far… I’m proud to say that I was stronger than that. I had a sense of culture, I had a family that supported me. I want there to be a lot more Indigenous people in the future standing up and saying I’m capable and I can go places – because we can.” Justice King, 18-year-old Waayni woman from Mount Isa, interviewed 27 June 2016
GLOSSARY ATSILS BYDC CEDAW CRC CYDC Declaration DJAG FASD ICCPR ICERD Inspectorate OPCAT QPS RCIADIC UN YAC YPA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service of Queensland Brisbane Youth Detention Centre Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women Convention on the Rights of the Child Cleveland Youth Detention Centre United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Department of Justice and Attorney General, including the Youth Justice Unit Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights International Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination Ethical Standards Unit of the Department of Justice and Attorney General First Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture Queensland Police Service Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody United Nations Youth Advocacy Centre Young People Ahead
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Page 10 and 11: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Amnesty Internatio
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academics. 253 Further, Elders and
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An Aboriginal boy learns how to rep
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these programs having an impact on
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Since 2013, Mona Corporation have r
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In contrast to the United States, J
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Commission, 295 and a Senate Standi
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Amnesty International is an indepen
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