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Indigenous Court (other)
An Indigenous court, also known as Aboriginal court, First Nations court, and other locally relevant terms, usually refers to specialist sentencing courts or modified court procedures for offenders who are Indigenous peoples of a colonised country. They include: Australia * Circle sentencing, a process used with Indigenous repeat offenders in some jurisdictions of Australia *Indigenous court (Australia) ** Aboriginal Community Court in Western Australia (2006–2015) ** Community court (Northern Territory) (2005–2012) ** Koori Court in Victoria (2002–present) ** Murri Court in Queensland (2002–2012, 2016–present) ** Nunga Court in South Australia (1999–present) ** Youth Koori Court in New South Wales (2015–present) Other countries *Indigenous court (Canada) *Indigenous court (New Zealand) See also * Māori Appellate Court, New Zealand * Māori Land Court, New Zealand * Race in the United States criminal justice system *Tribal court (United States) **Court of India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle Sentencing
Indigenous Australians are both convicted of crimes and imprisoned at a disproportionately higher rate in Australia, as well as being over-represented as victims of crime. , Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners represented 28% of the total adult prisoner population, while accounting for 2% of the general adult population (3.3% of the total population). Various explanations have been given for this over-representation, both historical and more recent. Federal and state governments and Indigenous groups have responded with various analyses, programs and measures. Background Many sources report over-representation of Indigenous offenders at all stages of the criminal justice system. Also by chapter in html, seChapter 2/ref> , Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners represented 28% of the total adult prisoner population, while accounting for 3.3% of the general population. The links between lower socioeconomic status and the associated issues that come with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Court (Australia)
Indigenous Australians are both convicted of crimes and imprisoned at a disproportionately higher rate in Australia, as well as being over-represented as victims of crime. , Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners represented 28% of the total adult prisoner population, while accounting for 2% of the general adult population (3.3% of the total population). Various explanations have been given for this over-representation, both historical and more recent. Federal and state governments and Indigenous groups have responded with various analyses, programs and measures. Background Many sources report over-representation of Indigenous offenders at all stages of the criminal justice system. Also by chapter in html, seChapter 2/ref> , Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners represented 28% of the total adult prisoner population, while accounting for 3.3% of the general population. The links between lower socioeconomic status and the associated issues that come with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aboriginal Community Court
Aboriginal Community Court, or Aboriginal court was the name given to the specialised courts dealing with Indigenous Australian offenders in the state of Western Australia between 2006 and 2015. The proceedings were conducted in the Magistrates Court of Western Australia.The court was not an actual court of law, but was the commonly referred to designation of the court when dealing with Indigenous offenders accused of crime, to show its distinctiveness from the usual procedures involved in that criminal court, and to demonstrate that the same court structure deals with both Indigenous and non-Indigenous offenders. The court allowed the involvement of the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the sentencing process. Background The involvement of Indigenous Australians in the criminal court system has been trialled a number of times in Western Australia. The earliest is perhaps in 1930 when the State government established the Court of Native Affairs. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Community Court (Northern Territory)
The Local Court of the Northern Territory is one of two levels of court in the Northern Territory of Australia. It has jurisdiction in civil disputes up to , and in criminal cases in the trial of summary offences, and also deals with preliminary matters for indictable offences which are then heard by the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. There are local courts held in Darwin, Northern Territory, Alice Springs, Katherine, Tennant Creek, and some "bush courts" in remote locations. History The current court was established in 2016; Court established. however it is a continuation of the former Local Court and the Court of Summary Jurisdiction. New Local Court is a continuation of old Courts. The local court was first established under the ''Local Courts Ordinance 1941'' (NT) and re-established in 1989 under the ''Local Court Act 1989'' (NT). The Court of Summary Jurisdiction was established under the ''Justices Act'' (NT). All cases that were pending in the former courts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koori Court
A Koori Court is a separate division of the Magistrates', County and Children's Courts of Victoria, Australia. The Koori Court (Magistrates), Children's Koori Court, and County Koori Court hear selected cases, where Indigenous Australians have identified as such and requested the case be transferred to it. The first Koori Court was established in Shepparton in 2002. Koori Court aims to reduce recidivism by involving Elders, other respected persons in the Aboriginal community, and court advisors to provide information about the background of the defendant, and to advise on culturally appropriate sentences. Koori Court is the only Indigenous sentencing court in an indictable jurisdiction in Australia. Background and history The word ''Koori'' refers to Aboriginal Australians from south-east Australia, in the regions now encompassing the State of Victoria as well as southern New South Wales. The Koori Courts were an initiative of the Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement (VAJA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murri Court
Murri Courts are a type of specialist community court for sentencing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland, Australia. The first Murri Court was established in Brisbane in August 2002, with more being established throughout the state over the next 10 years, catering for both adult and young offenders, under the Magistrates and Children's Court networks. After being closed down by the government in September 2012 as a cost-cutting exercise, they were reopened in April 2016 under the new Palaszczuk government. there are Murri Courts in 15 locations throughout Queensland. History Murri Courts were established after the former Chief Magistrate of Queensland, Di Fingleton, became aware of the Nunga Court, which had been established in South Australia in 1999 with the aim of reducing the over-representation of Indigenous people in prison and other Indigenous justice issues by involving the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in the sentencing of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunga Court
The Nunga Court, also known as Aboriginal Sentencing Court, is a type of specialist community court for sentencing Aboriginal people in South Australia. Such courts exist at several locations throughout the state, as a sentencing option for eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander offenders who plead guilty of an offence. The South Australian model was the first court of its type to commence operation in Australia in 1999, and other states have since used the model to fashion their own systems of Aboriginal courts. The Nunga Court operates within a magistrates court, but provides the option of a sentencing conference, using less formal procedures and with input from the community, to create a more culturally appropriate method of deciding on a sentence. Referrals to other services may be included as part of rehabilitation for the offender. History Awareness had grown through the 1990s, since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1991, that the court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Koori Court
The Youth Koori Court (YKC) is a court tailored to the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people who engage with the criminal justice system in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It operates out of the Children's Court of New South Wales. The first such court was established in the western Sydney suburb of Parramatta in 2015, with another created in Surry Hills to serve the city of Sydney in early 2019, and the first regional YKC established in Dubbo in 2022. The YKC involves older members of the Aboriginal community to help the youths to engage with their culture, among other measures. Background The word '' Koori'' refers to Aboriginal people from south-east Australia, in the regions now encompassing the State of Victoria as well as southern New South Wales. The idea of the Youth Koori Court is to engage older members of the Aboriginal community, including elders, with Aboriginal young offenders who engage with the justice system, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Court (Canada)
Criminal sentencing in Canada is governed by the Canadian '' Criminal Code.'' The '' Criminal Code'', along with the Supreme Court of Canada, have distinguished the treatment of Indigenous individuals within the Canadian Criminal Sentencing Regime. In sentencing, when an individual is found guilty of a criminal offence, a Canadian judge must consider the relevant provisions of the '' Criminal Code'' as well as relevant Canadian sentencing jurisprudence related to Indigenous Canadians. This distinguishment is a result of disproportionate sentencing of Indigenous peoples in Canada. It has resulted in specific sentencing regimes from the Supreme Court of Canada, and the ''Criminal Code'', alongside other culturally sensitive sentencing practices. Background Historically, a number of organizations, as well as governmental and international bodies have published reports which address the issues with the sentencing of Indigenous individuals and the issues of overincarceration. This is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Court (New Zealand)
An Indigenous court, also known as Aboriginal court, First Nations court, and other locally relevant terms, usually refers to specialist sentencing courts or modified court procedures for offenders who are Indigenous peoples of a colonised country. They include: Australia * Circle sentencing, a process used with Indigenous repeat offenders in some jurisdictions of Australia *Indigenous court (Australia) ** Aboriginal Community Court in Western Australia (2006–2015) ** Community court (Northern Territory) (2005–2012) ** Koori Court in Victoria (2002–present) ** Murri Court in Queensland (2002–2012, 2016–present) ** Nunga Court in South Australia (1999–present) ** Youth Koori Court in New South Wales (2015–present) Other countries *Indigenous court (Canada) Criminal sentencing in Canada is governed by the Canadian '' Criminal Code.'' The '' Criminal Code'', along with the Supreme Court of Canada, have distinguished the treatment of Indigenous individuals within the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māori Appellate Court
Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Cook Islands * Cook Islands Māori, the language of the Cook Islanders Ships * SS ''Maori'', a steamship of the Shaw Savill Line, shipwrecked 1909 * , a Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer, sunk in 1915 * , a Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer, launched 1936 and sunk 1942 * TEV ''Maori III'', a Union Steam Ship Company inter-island ferry, 1952–74 Sports teams * New Zealand Māori cricket team * New Zealand Māori rugby league team New Zealand Māori rugby league team is a rugby league representative side made up of New Zealand Māori players. The side represents the New Zealand Māori Rugby league. Like its union counterpart, the rugby league team previously competed in ... * New Zealand Māori rugby union team Other * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māori Land Court
The Māori Land Court (Māori: Te Kōti Whenua Māori) is the specialist court of record in New Zealand that hears matters relating to Māori land. Māori Land Court history The Māori Land Court was established in 1865 as the Native Land Court of New Zealand under the Native Lands Act. The court was established to facilitate the purchase of Māori land by the Crown by converting collectively owned Māori customary land into Māori freehold land. The Act created the Native Land Court to identify ownership interests in Māori land and to create individual titles (in place of customary communal title) that were recognisable in English law. Under the Native Lands Act 1865 only ten owners could be listed on land titles issued by the court. As outlined by Williams, "government policy from 1858 onwards ... sought to introduce a rapid individualisation of ancestral Māori land in order to ensure the availability of most of that land for settlement by Pakeha settlers". A continuatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
