The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay has urged the Gillard Labor Government for a fundamental rethink of the measures imposed on Aboriginal people under the Northern Territory Emergency Response.
In an exclusive interview with CAAMA radio the UN High Commissioner has acknowledged the Government advances to address disadvantage within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. But she is urging for a better effort.
Ms Pillay says following her visit to the Northern Territory she now fully appreciates how Aboriginal people feel, living under the Government policies imposed on them by the Northern Territory Intervention.
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