The Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies (ANCLAS) and the First Nations Portfolio invite you to join them in the second of a series of webinars to compare and contrast the experiences of Australia and Latin American countries with significant Indigenous populations in addressing Indigenous rights and recognition. The objective is to help inform discussion in Australia in the lead up to the referendum to enshrine an Indigenous Voice in the Constitution.

The second session will focus on the experience of Chile, where an attempt was made in 2022 to redraft the Chilean Constitution. The process involved wide-ranging consultation and a proposed text which included numerous articles that recognized and protected Indigenous rights. In the event, a referendum to approve the proposed text failed decisively. A second attempt at Constitutional reform is underway this year with a much tighter and less inclusive drafting process.

A panel of experts will discuss the merits and weaknesses of the two approaches and the relevance of Chile’s experience to the upcoming referendum in Australia.

Moderators:

Noel Campbell (Director, Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies)

Caroline Schuster (Associate Professor, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, ANU)

Panelists:

• Peter Yu (Vice President, First Nations Portfolio, ANU)
• Dany Jaimovich (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Talca)
• Veronica Figueroa Huencho (Professor, Faculty of Government, University of Chile)
• Richard Sanders (Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Centre, Washington DC)

For further information

Media release on the Constitution Alteration Bill

Text of draft Constitution of Chile (July, 2022)