Ronahi Demirbag

Ronahi Demirbag is a third-year law student studying at the University of Sydney. He works as a research assistant aiding in the preparation of criminal trials and appeals at all levels of the criminal justice system. His acute interest in Indigenous affairs stems from his experiences as a young Kurdish man.

Indeed, Kurds are still banned from speaking their language and practising any form of culturally specific behaviour in Turkey.

In that context, he feels there must be a constitutionally enshrined Voice to inject the perspectives of First Nations peoples into the institutional sites that give their rights content. Only then can the struggle for recognition of cultural differences and the contestation of cultural narratives take place without domination.