Kimba Waste Dump Law Risks Breaching Indigenous Human Rights, Committee Says

摘要

A cross-party parliamentary committee has found "significant risk" that local Indigenous groups were not consulted about a proposed nuclear waste facility to a standard required under international law. The committee says the rights of Indigenous peoples to influence the site may not be sufficiently protected The Federal Government has a bill before parliament to legislate the facility at Kimba on SA's Eyre Peninsula Resources Minister Keith Pitt says he wants to work with the local people at all stages of the project to protect cultural heritage A report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights found that given Barngarla traditional owners unanimously vetoed the proposed facility, the Federal Government's decision to press ahead with a bill to build it risked breaching Barngarla rights to culture and self-determination.