Have you ever wanted to be Queen? Perhaps Grand Poobah? How simple is it to just start your own nation, and is it even legal? In this episode, Dr Harry Hobbs from the University of Technology Sydney is our travel guide through the weird and wonderful world of micronations. Guest James Blackwell, Research Fellow in Indigenous Diplomacy at the Australian National University, uncovers how Australia’s lack of recognition of sovereign states has had serious and ongoing impacts on Indigenous sovereignty and constitutional recognition.
USEFUL LINKS
- How to Rule Your Own Country: The Weird and Wonderful World of Micronations Harry Hobbs and George Williams
- The Geneva Conventions and their Commentaries The International Committee of the Red Cross
- Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States University of Oslo
- Creating a Nation to Save the Planet Harry Hobbs
- Treaty of Waitangi NZ History
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice National Indigenous Australians Agency
- Uluru Statement from the Heart
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