 european support groups for indigenous peoples
This section is designed to give an overview of the key non-government organisations (NGO) in Europe which have been of assistance to Australian Indigenous Peoples in the past. Many of these organisations have websites which offer useful information and links.
Anti-Slavery International
Anti-Slavery was set up in 1839 with the specific objective of ending slavery throughout the world. By the 1890s the Society's mandate included the ill treatment of indigenous peoples, leading it in 1909 to merge with the Aborigines' Protection Society. In 1990 the Society changed its name to Anti-Slavery International, also known as Anti-Slavery. Its main areas of work currently include forced and bonded labour, the worst forms of child labour, trafficking of human beings, and traditional or 'chattel' slavery.
Thomas Clarkson House
The Stableyard
Broomgrove Road
London SW9 9TL
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7501 8920
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7738 4110
Email: info@antislavery.org
Web: www.antislavery.org
 Indigenous
Peoples' Center for Documentation, Research and Information (DoCip), Geneva,
Switzerland
doCip is a Swiss NGO linking Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations.
It is a non-profit organisation established in 1978 at the request of
Indigenous Representatives to the United Nations. doCip is based on the
principle of respect for the self-determination of Indigenous Peoples:
it only acts when asked by indigenous representatives themselves and offers
an exclusively technical support. Working languages: Spanish, English,
French, Portuguese and whenever possible Russian. DoCip produce a regular
newsletter free to Indigenous Peoples and organisations.
14, av. de Trembley
1209 Geneva Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0)22 740 34 33
Fax: +41 (0)22 740 34 54
E-mail: docip@iprolink.ch
Web: www.docip.org
Minority Rights Group, London, United Kingdom
MRG activities include researching and publishing Reports and other
information about minorities around the world; advocating (or lobbying
for) the rights of minorities at the United Nations (UN), in Europe, with
governments and elsewhere; educating children and teachers on minority
issues in order to counter racism and prejudice; working with organisations
and activists who share our aims to build alliances, discuss ideas, develop
skills and further minority rights worldwide. MRG works to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities
and acts as an advocate of the rights of minorities.
379 Brixton Road
London, SW9 7DE
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7978 9498
Fax: +44 (0) 207 738 6265
E-mail: minority.rights@mrgmail.org
Web: www.minorityrights.org
International Alliance of the Indigenous-Tribal Peoples of the Tropical
Forests (IAIP), London, United Kingdom
The IAIP is the worldwide network of the organisations of Indigenous &
Tribal Peoples living in tropical forest countries, namely in Africa,
Asia, & the Americas. The Alliance was founded in 1992, during an
Indigenous conference in Malaysia, where the Charter of the Alliance was
agreed.
International Technical Secretariat
6/1 Moo 1, Suthep Road
Suthep Sub-district
Muang District
Chiang Mai 50200
Thailand
Tel: +66 (0) 53 904037, (0) 1 885 2212
Fax: +66 (0) 53 277645
Email: iait (at) loxinfo.co.th
Website: http://www.international-alliance.org
Web: www.gn.apc.org/iaip/
 International Commission for the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples/Commission Internationale pour les Droits des Peuples Indigènes - I.C.R.A. International
ICRA International is a World movement for active solidarity with threatened peoples and ethnic groups, who account for about 4% of the world population.
Est un mouvement mondial de solidarité avec les peuples autochtones. Apolitique et non confessionnelle, totalement indépendante, ICRA s'articule autour de 3 départements.
236, avenue Victor Hugo
F-94120 FONTENAY-SOUS-BOIS
FRANCE
Tél. : + 33 (0) 1 48 77 86 02
Fax : + 33 (0) 1 43 94 02 45
E-mail : info@icrainternational.org
Website:www.icrainternational.org
ICRA International Belgique
590, Chaussée d'Alsemberg
B-1180 Bruxelles
Tél.: +32 2 644 65 22
icrabelgique@icrainternational.org
ICRA Suisse
case postale 877CH-1001
Lausane
icrasuisse@icrainternational.org
 International Work Group Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), Copenhagen, Denmark
IWGIA works at local, regional and international levels to further the understanding and knowledge of, and the involvement in, the cause of indigenous peoples. Through publications, human rights work, networking, conferences, campaigns and projects, IWGIA supports indigenous peoples in their struggle to improve general life conditions, to better relationships with the nation states of which they are part, and to influence the global economic and political forces that affect their lives.
Classensgade 11 E
DK 2100 Copenhagen O
Denmark
Tel: +45 (0) 35 27 05 00
Fax: +45 (0) 35 27 05 07
E-mail: iwgia@iwgia.org
Web: www.iwgia.org
KWIA (THE FLEMISH SUPPORT GROUP FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES)
KWIA is a support group for indigenous peoples in Belgium.
Address: KWIA, Breughelstr. 31-33, 2018 Antwerpen (official headquarter),
KWIA (administration, office) , Kortrijksepoortstraat 192, 9000
tel.+32 (0) 9 330 84 30
Website: www.kwia.be
( KWIA is een mensenrechtenorganisatie die opkomt voor de collectieve
rechten van inheemse volken. Het zelfbeschikkingsrecht van inheemse volken
vormt het uitgangspunt voor alle acties van KWIA o.a: inzet voor het klimaatverbond
, bescherming van de bio-diversiteit en tropisch regenwoud , strijd voor
inheemse landrechten tegen ontwikkelingsagressie, duurzaam toerisme en
eerbied voor de cultuur van de inheemse volken, meewerken aan een internationaal
juridisch kader .)
Mandat International
The Mandat International is a non-governmental organisatioon based
in Geneva. The aim is to uphold the participation of NGOs and civil society
in international conferences and try to facilitate the co-operation among
NGOs and with international organisations. Mandat International runs a
welcome centre for NGOs and delegations providing economical accomodation,
support services, work infrastructure and documentation centre etc. Information
in English/French/Spanish.
31, chemin William Rappard
CH-1293 Bellevue / Switzerland
Tel: (41 22) 959 88 55
Fax: (41 22) 959 88 51
E-Mail: admin@mandint.org
Website:www.mandint.org
 Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples Foundation (NCIV), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
NCIV, founded in 1984, promotes and defends the rights of indigenous peoples. NCIV works together with a worldwide network of organisations with the same goal. In Europe, NCIV is part of the Human Rights Fund for Indigenous Peoples (HRFIP). Its object it to allow indigenous peoples to participate in intergovernmental forums so that they are in a position to defend their rights.
PO Box 94098
1090GB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Email: nciv@antenna.nl
Web: www.nciv.net
People against Rio Tinto and its Subsidaries (Partizans)
Partizans has been campaigning since 1978 against the damage wreaked by
the world's most powerful mining company. In the process, it has become
one of the leading practitioners of corporate campaigning, shareholder's
action and disinvestment strategies. Most important, Partizans pioneered
the practice of enabling community and workers' representatives to challenge
massive corporate bodies directly on their home ground. Nearly one hundred
such representatives have attended Rio Tinto annual general meetings since
1981, facilitated by Partizans. They include people associated with (among
others) ICEM, CFMEU, Friends of the Earth, Down to Earth and JATAM.
Email: partizans@gn.apc.org
Web: www.minesandcommunities.org/Aboutus/partizans.htm
 Society for Threatened Peoples
The main focus of the work of the Society for Threatened Peoples includes continuous distribution of information about the situation of persecuted and threatened peoples. Through press releases and conferences, the journal program, the campaign leaflet "Bedrohte Völker Aktuell" (News about Threatened Peoples"), appeals, demonstrations and protest action. The Göttingen office mostly deals with public relations work. The Society gives representatives of minorities a forum through press conferences, conventions or panel discussions. The political human rights work is supplemented by attempts to influence MPs, governments, political parties, churches and institutions. Much time is also spent in advising journalists, publishers, publishing houses, solicitors and relief agencies.
Department Indigenous Peoples
P.O. Box 2024; D- 37010
Göttingen, Germany
Tel:. +49-(0)551-4990618
Fax +49-(0)551-58028
E-mail: indigene@gfbv.de
Web: www.gfbv.de
Associazione per i popoli minacciati - Sudtirolo
Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker - Südtirol - Lia por i popui manacês
via Portici/Lauben 49 - CP/PF 233 - 39100 Bolzano/Bozen - Tel/Fax ++39.0471.972240
Cod. Fisc. / StNr.: 94032570213
Banca Popolare dell'A.A. / Südtiroler Volkbank: C/C - K/K 722/5 (abi 05856, cab 11600)
Post K/K - C/C postale: 10257392 (abi 7601, cab 11600)
 Stop Jabiluka! Germany
Began from a European tour of representatives of the Mirrar - Yvonne Margarula, Jacqui Katona and Christine Christopherson - in August 1998 which visited Cologne.
c/o Institut for ecology and action Ethnologie e. V. (infoe)
Melchiorstrasse 3, 50670 Cologne
Telephone: 0221 - 739 28 71
Fax: 0221 - 922 97 60
Website: www.jabiluka.de
E-Mail:jabiluka@infoe.de
 Survival International, London, United Kingdom
Survival is a worldwide organisation supporting tribal peoples through public campaigns. Today, Survival has supporters in 82 countries. It works for tribal peoples' rights in three complementary ways: campaigns, education and funding. We work closely with local indigenous organisations and focus on tribal peoples who have the most to lose, usually those most recently in contact with the outside world. Survival runs worldwide campaigns to fight for tribal peoples. Campaigns are not only directed at governments, but at companies, banks, extremist missionaries, guerrilla armies, museums, narrow minded conservationists and anyone else who violates tribal peoples' rights.
Survival now operates a regular 'e-news' service, which you can sign up for on their website.
6 Charterhouse Buildings
London EC1M 7ET
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7687 8700
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7687 8701
Email: is@survival-international.org
Web:http://www.survival-international.org
(Survival International has offices in France, Italy and Spain, it is
advisable to contact the London Office first.)
 Unrepresented
Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO), The Hague, The Netherlands
UNPO is an international organisation created by nations and peoples
around the world, who are not represented as such in the world's principal
international organisations, such as the United Nations. (Aboriginal people
from Australia are founding member) Founded in 1991, UNPO offers an international
forum for occupied nations, indigenous peoples, minorities, and even oppressed
majorities who currently struggle to regain their lost countries, preserve
their cultural identities, protect their basic human and economic rights
and safeguard the natural environment.
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO)
Mailing Address
P.O. BOX 85878
2508CN The Hague
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 (0) 70 3646504
Fax. +31 (0) 70 3646608
Web: www.unpo.org
World Council of Indigenous Peoples
The World Council of Indigenous People (WCIP) is a non-governmental organisation created in 1975. Its goal is to promote the pacific co-existence between indigenous or autochthonous people, the national governments and other members of society by developing and supporting different projects.
13 Rue St Louis en l’Ile, 75004 Paris FRANCE
+33 6 26 43 26 62
E-mail: oca.europe@wanadoo.fr
Web: www.cwis.org/wcip.html
Other European groups of interest
- Australian Business in Europe
Australian Business in Europe is a networking organisation for Australians living in Europe and for Europeans wishing to maintain a connection with Australia.
- Australians Abroad
Major expat website.
- ExpatriateConnect.com
Australia's new national expat database.
- Australian Studies Network
- Journal of Australian Studies
- European Association for Studies on Australia
The European Association for Studies on Australia, founded in 1989, seeks to promote the teaching of and research in Australian Studies at European tertiary institutions. It provides regular information about activities, resources and visiting experts, by putting scholars working in comparative isolation at many European universities in touch with each other, thus operating as a clearing house for the exchange of all relevant news. EASA also promotes the study and discussion of a wide variety of aspects of Australian culture: Aboriginality, literature, films, the media, popular culture, history, political discourses, the arts. It also seeks to increase an awareness of Australian culture throughout Europe.
Website: www.sci.uni-klu.ac.at/easa
Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
- The Southern Cross Club Denmark
- Danish Australian Football League
- Danish Institute for Human Rights
The Danish Institute for Human Rights was established by a parliamentary act in 2002. The objective of the Centre is to gather and develop knowledge about human rights nationally, regionally, and internationally. The work of the Danish Insitute for Human Rights includes research, information, education, and documentation relating to Danish, European, and international human rights conditions.
Website: www.humanrights.dk
Finland
France
Germany
Georgia
Italy
Ireland
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
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