Bringing Them Home report

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The Bringing Them Home report is a landmark 1997 Australian Human Rights Commission inquiry that exposed and documented the experiences and impacts of the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, known as the Stolen Generations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government inquiry report ⓘ
human rights report ⓘ
author Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ⓘ
chairperson Sir Ronald Wilson ⓘ
coCommissioner Mick Dodson ⓘ
commissionedBy Australian Government ⓘ
conductedBy Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
focusesOn historical and ongoing impacts of child removal ⓘ
human rights violations against Indigenous Australians ⓘ
separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families ⓘ
genre government report ⓘ
human rights inquiry ⓘ
identifiesAs genocide under international law in relation to some policies ⓘ
impact contributed to calls for a national apology ⓘ
increased public awareness of the Stolen Generations ⓘ
influenced national debate on reconciliation ⓘ
includes historical analysis of child removal policies ⓘ
legal analysis of government responsibility ⓘ
recommendations for apologies ⓘ
recommendations for family reunion services ⓘ
recommendations for records access ⓘ
recommendations for reparations ⓘ
testimonies of members of the Stolen Generations ⓘ
influenced Bringing Them Home name for family tracing services ⓘ
National Sorry Day ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 ⓘ
locationOfInquiry Australia ⓘ
pageCount over 500 pages ⓘ
publicationDate 1997 ⓘ
publisher Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ⓘ
recommends compensation for members of the Stolen Generations ⓘ
establishment of Indigenous-controlled services ⓘ
formal apology by Australian governments ⓘ
law reform to prevent future removals based on race ⓘ
measures for family tracing and reunion ⓘ
rightsFocus Indigenous rights ⓘ
children's rights ⓘ
reparations for historical injustices ⓘ
shortName Bringing Them Home ⓘ
subject Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children ⓘ
Australian government policy ⓘ
Stolen Generations ⓘ
forced child removal ⓘ
targetAudience Australian policymakers ⓘ
general Australian public ⓘ
timePeriodCovered late 19th century to 1970s ⓘ
title Bringing Them Home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families ⓘ

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Bringing Them Home report → title → Bringing Them Home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families ⓘ
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Bringing Them Home report → shortName → Bringing Them Home ⓘ
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National Sorry Day → followsEvent → Bringing Them Home report ⓘ
National Sorry Day → relatedTo → Bringing Them Home report ⓘ