FED Expanded Definition of Human Rights to Include the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Amendment (Consideration of UNDRIP) Bill 2023

Independent Bill

1 Sep 2025: MPs in the first house are debating whether this bill is a good idea in principle.

Senate

House of Representatives

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Topics

human rights Indigenous affairs Indigenous peoples united nations

Introduced by: Senator Lidia Thorpe (IND)

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Official page: progress through parliament

Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The definition of human rights now includes the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
A note confirms that United Nations General Assembly resolutions can be accessed via the United Nations website.