First Nations justice is concerned with recognition and respect for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and addressing the systematic, entrenched and pervasive inequalities that burden First Nations people and communities and which impact life outcomes, wellbeing and opportunities.
First Nations justice acknowledges historical injustices, including dispossession, physical ill-treatment, social disruption, and economic exploitation, that these communities have faced since colonisation, and seeks to rectify these injustices, advocating for the right to representation, participation in decisions that affect them, and the full realisation of their rights and aspirations.
Justice Reinvestment in the Northern Peninsula Area: The NPA Licence and ID Muster Initiatives
Craft, Annabelle, Steffens, Sjaana, Scott, John (2022) Justice Reinvestment in the Northern Peninsula Area: The NPA Licence and ID Muster Initiatives. QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Papers, (17).
Indigenous suicide rates and the colonial logic of legal decision making
Carpenter, Belinda, Jowett, Steph, Tait, Gordon (2022) Indigenous suicide rates and the colonial logic of legal decision making. QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Paper.
Crime rates and justice innovations in the Torres Strait Islands
Scott, John, Staines, Zoe, Morton, James (2020) Crime rates and justice innovations in the Torres Strait Islands. Centre for Justice Briefing papers.