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Table of contents
Acknowledgement of Country -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The Northern Territory Treaty Commission -- 1.3. Consultation arrangements -- 2. Executive Summary -- 2.2. Treaties -- 2.3. Legal Issues -- 2.4. National and International Best Practice -- 2.5. Proposed Framework and Model for the Northern Territory -- 2.5.1. Proposed Framework -- 2.5.2. Proposed Negotiating Model -- 2.6. Feedback -- 3. Treaty Background -- 3.1. What is a treaty? -- 3.1.1. Who can sign a treaty with the Northern Territory Government? -- 3.1.2. Why is a treaty needed in the Northern Territory? -- 3.1.3. How can a treaty be given legal standing in the Northern Territory? -- 3.1.4. Are there limits to a Northern Territory treaty? -- 3.1.5. What would a treaty aim to achieve? -- 3.2. Why Treaty? -- 3.2.1. Unfinished Business -- 3.2.2. Better Outcomes Occur where there is First Nation Decision Making and Control -- 3.2.3. Better to Negotiate than Litigate -- 3.3. Minimum Standards -- 3.3.1. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007 -- 3.3.2. The van Boven/Bassiouni Principles -- 3.4. Scope and Content -- 3.4.1. Apology -- 3.4.2. Substantive Outcomes -- 3.4.3. Imagination -- 3.4.4. Native Title -- 3.4.5. Review, Implementation and Dispute Resolution -- 4. The Legal Context -- 4.1. Overview -- 4.2. The Northern Territory – a short legal history -- 4.3. Key Legal Issues -- 4.4. The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly can give legal effect to a treaty with Northern Territory First Nations -- 4.5. The Constitution and Commonwealth Power -- 4.6 Compliance and Consistency with Commonwealth Legislation -- 4.7. Aboriginal Land Rights Act -- 4.8. The Native Title Act -- 4.9. Northern Territory Laws -- 4.10. International Law -- 4.11. Legal Risks -- 4.12. Series of Treaties -- 4.13. How the Aboriginal Party to a treaty is Constituted and the Enforcement of Treaties -- 4.14 Key Negotiation Principle -- 4.15. Inter-First Nations Treaties -- 4.16. First Nations Traditional Estates and Cross-border Issues -- 5. National and International Best Practice -- 5.1. Victoria, Australia -- 5.2. British Columbia, Canada -- 5.2.1. Background -- 5.2.2. British Columbia Treaty Commission (BCTC) -- 5.2.3. Made in British Columbia (BC): The Six Stages -- 5.2.4. BC Treaty Example: The Tla’amin Final Agreement (Treaty) -- 5.3. AOTEAROA (New Zealand) -- 5.3.1. Background -- 5.3.2. Aotearoa Crown Negotiating Principles -- 5.3.3. Aotearoa Settlement Process -- 5.3.4. Ngāi Tahu Settlement -- 5.4. Saami in Sweden, Finland and Norway -- 6. Proposals for the Northern Territory -- 6.1. Proposed Framework -- 6.1.1. The Interim Northern Territory First Nations Treaty Commission two-year limit -- 6.1.2. Northern Territory First Nations Treaty Commission (Treaty Commission) -- 6.1.3. Northern Territory First Nations Treaty Tribunal (Treaty Tribunal) -- 6.1.4. Office for First Nation Treaties (Treaty Office) -- 6.1.5. Funding -- 6.1.6. Truth Telling Process -- 6.2. Proposed Northern Territory First Nations Treaty Negotiating Model -- 6.2.1. Paties -- 6.2.2. Negotiation Process -- 6.2.3. Federal Government -- 7. Conclusion -- 7.1. Acknowledgement -- 8. Appendices -- 8.1. The Barunga Statement, A Memorandum of Understanding 2018 -- 8.2. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007 -- 8.3. The “van Boven” Principles --
8.4. Historical Timeline -- 8.5. NT Constitutional Legal Timeline -- 8.6. Tla’amin Final Settlement,
Language
English,
Subject
Treaties,
Acknowledgement of Country,
First Nation Decision Making and Control,
Key Legal Issues,
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007,
Compliance and Consistency with Commonwealth Legislation,