#Indigenous #Australians File Landmark Human Rights Claim With
#UN Over Government's Inaction on
#ClimateCrisisEight Islanders backed by the region's land and sea council and a nonprofit organisation argued to the U.N.'s Human Rights Committee that the government is failing to protect their rights to culture, a family, and life guaranteed under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, a key multilateral treaty.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/05/13/indigenous-australians-file-landmark-human-rights-claim-un-over-governments-inaction