Les Malezer is from the Butchulla/Gubbi Gubbi peoples in Southeast Queensland. Les is recognised in Australia and internationally for his lifetime of work to promote and defend the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Australia and internationally. He played a pivotal with Indigenous Peoples representatives from around the world in the historic adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the UN General Assembly in 2007. His work was recognised in 2008 with the Australian Human Rights Award and from 2017-2019 he was Expert Member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). He has held senior roles in government, including as a former head of the Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Islander Affairs. He became the Founding Chairperson of the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA) in 1974 and was twice elected as Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples.
DTP acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we work, the Bedegal people of the Eora Nation. We recognise their lands were never ceded, and we acknowledge their struggles for recognition and rights and pay our respects to the Elders – past, present – and the youth who are working towards a brighter tomorrow. This continent always was and always will be Aboriginal land.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this website contains images or names of people who have passed away.
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DTP acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we work, the Bedegal people of the Eora Nation. We recognise their lands were never ceded, and we acknowledge their struggles for recognition and rights and pay our respects to the Elders – past, present – and the youth who are working towards a brighter tomorrow. This continent always was and always will be Aboriginal land.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this website contains images or names of people who have passed away.
We are a proud partner of UNSW Law & Justice
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