Aboriginal Law Bulletin --- "Update Part Two: Community Alert Against Racism and Violence; Indigenous Populations Fund; Sub-Commission Meeting" [1990] AboriginalLawB 9; (1990) 1(42) Aboriginal Law Bulletin 19

• Update Part Two
• Community Alert Against Racism And Violence
• Indigenous Populations Fund
• Sub-Commission Meeting

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Update

Part Two

Community Alert Against Racism and Violence

CAARAV is a coalition of concerned individuals who have come together to actively oppose racism and fascism and to defend those who are being attacked. Right-wing extremists, who belong to Neo-Nazi organisations such as National Action, have carried out acts of violence and intimidation against Aborigines, Jews, Asian and African people, Lesbians and Gays, Trade Unionists and others who they choose to dislike. CAARAV has formed groups to lobby the Government, police and other bodies; to help people defend themselves against attacks; to educate the public about increases in right wing violence; and to raise money in order to accomplish the above tasks.

To join CAARAV, obtain more information, report an attack, organise for a CAARAV speaker to attend a function or to send a donation write to:

CAARAV

PO Box 647, Newtown 2042

Indigenous Populations Fund

The United Nations Fund for Indigenous Populations was set up by the General Assembly in 1985 to assist representatives of indigenous organisations and communities to participate in activities of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations. It is administered by the Secretary-General on the basis of recommendations made by a five member Board of Trustees which meets yearly in April. The deadline for applications for assistance from the fund to attend the Working Group's next session is 7 March 1990.

For further information contact:

Research, Studies and Prevention of Discrimination Section,

Centre for Human Rights.

Sub-Commission Meeting

The forty-first session of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities was held in Geneva for three weeks in September 1989. The Sub-Commission's Working Groups on Indigenous Populations and on Contemporary Forms of Slavery , which serves as a forum for drawing the attention of the international community to the plight of indigenous peoples, met five days prior to the Commission's annual session. Approximately 400 persons, representing a number of Member States, institutions, and indigenous people and their organisations attended the Working Group. Amongst resolutions adopted and decisions taken were:

• A recommendation to intensify efforts to complete a draft universal Declaration on indigenous peoples rights and to extend the Working Group session on Indigenous Populations to 10 working days, prior to the next two Sub-Commission meetings.

• A recommendation that a resolution be adopted by the General Assembly proclaiming 1993 the International Year for Indigenous Rights.