Indigenous justice in Australia

Northern Territory Government responses

• Overarching Agreement on Indigenous Affairs between The Commonwealth of Australia and The Northern Territory of Australia 2005 - 2010

Towards Mutual Benefit: An Inquiry into Aboriginal Customary Law in the Northern Territory

A sub-committee of the Northern Territory Law Reform Committee was formed to inquire into Aboriginal Customary Law in the Northern Territory (2003).

• Final report (PDF 128kB)
• Background paper 1 : Aboriginal communities and Aboriginal law in the Northern Territory (PDF 129kB)
• Background paper 2 : The recognition of Aboriginal law as law (PDF 56kB)
• Background paper 3 : Legal recognition of Aboriginal customary law (PDF 142kB)
• Background paper 4 : International law, human rights and Aboriginal customary law (PDF 105kB)

Northern Territory Agreement

Formal agreement signed by the Australian and Northern Territory Governments to reduce the number of juveniles entering the criminal justice system, and to alleviate the language barriers faced by Aboriginal persons, July 2000.

• Northern Territory Agreement
  Formal agreement signed by the Australian and Northern Territory Governments to reduce the number of juveniles entering the criminal justice system, and to alleviate the language barriers faced by Aboriginal persons. July 2000. Note: a copy of the agreement is included as an appendix in both of the reports below:
  • Final report of the evaluation of the Northern Territory Agreement
    Urbis JHD, 2004
  • The review of the Northern Territory Agreement : 12 Months on from the commencement of the agreement between the Commonwealth and Northern Territory governments establishing the juvenile pre-court diversion program and Aboriginal interpreter service
    Attorney-General's Department, 2002

Other resources

• 
  Northern Territory Department of Community Development, Sport and Cultural Affairs
• Aboriginal Family Violence Advisory Council
  Northern Territory Government
• Closing the gap of Indigenous disadvantage : a generational plan of action (PDF 368kB)
  Northern Territory Government, 2007