339 Recommendations from the RCIADIC

A royal commission in 1991 investigated Aboriginal deaths in custody over a 10-year period, giving 339 recommendations. Its recommendations are still valid today, but very few have been implemented.

Recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) (1991)

A royal commission in 1991 investigated Aboriginal deaths in custody over a 10-year period, giving 339 recommendations.

Its recommendations are still valid today, but very few have been implemented. Every year, Aboriginal people continue to die in custody.

 

A key part of the report were the 339 Recommendations.

The full report is available here.

A review of the implementation of the Report in 2005 is available here.

 

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