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105. Greater effort should be made to reform the civil and criminal justice system to
incorporate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander customary law and other juridical
systems, including community dispute resolution mechanisms.
Northern Territory Emergency Response
106. The legislative and administrative measures that relate to the Northern
Territory Emergency Response should be revised so that those measures are in
conformity with Australia’s international human rights obligations, and the Special
Rapporteur acknowledges the initiatives of the Government in this regard. Specific
observations and recommendations of the Special Rapporteur concerning the
initiative are contained in appendix B to this report.
To Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their organizations
107. Indigenous peoples should endeavour to strengthen their capacities to control
and manage their own affairs and to participate effectively in all decisions affecting
them, in a spirit of cooperation and partnership with government authorities at all
levels, and should make every effort to address any issues of social dysfunction within
their communities, including with respect to women and children.
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