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In a move that could set a new global precedent for how front-line communities demand ambitious government action on the climate crisis, Torres Strait Islanders submitted a landmark complaint to the United Nations on Monday charging that Australia 's inaction on the crisis violates the indigenous group's human rights . 'We are seeing this effect on our land and on the social and emotional wellbeing of our communities who practice culture and traditions.
'While the United Nations cannot force Australia to take action,' the Times added, 'those leading the case say they hope it will apply pressure on governments around the world to protect the rights of marginalized citizens whose culture is tethered to a particular place, and for whom dispossession could reignite the trauma of colonization.
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