Sitting 'round the table of rights-based reconciliation: a health perspective

Abstract

For the reconciliation process to be successful, professionals working in the domain of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health promotion must remember that it is not only which programs are carried out, but how they are carried out. The 'how' involves protocols that are based on fundamental human rights, not the least of which is the right to the highest attainable standard of health. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, these basic human rights are indissolubly linked to the right to self-determination and the right to development.