Objects and constitution

From Constitution and Protocols: ANTaR National Mission

ANTaR National has adopted the following to describe its overall purpose:

ANTaR’s Mission:
To generate in Australia a moral and legal recognition of and respect for the distinctive status of Indigenous Australians as First Peoples and for the protection of Indigenous Australians’ rights, including their relationships to land, the right to self-determination, and the maintenance of their unique cultures.

We, Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, South Australia Inc, have identified our objects in our constitution, clause 2:

Objects
The objects of the Association are to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to:
2.1 to support, promote and encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ land rights, including the protection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ native title rights and interests in land, sea, and inland waters;
2.2 to undertake educational activities; for example, to disseminate information and provide seminars;
2.3 to publish, research, collect or otherwise disseminate information on matters relating to Aboriginal rights, including with respect to individual and community development;
2.4 to foster reconciliation between non- Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people;
2.5 to support the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as articulated in the UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
2.6 to foster support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ sovereignty;
2.7 to foster support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ land rights;
2.8 to support, promote and foster a people’s movement toward the achievement of these objectives; and,
2.9 to do all such other things as may be incidental to the attainment of such objects.”