Rights Of The Child
On Wednesday, July 8, the Northern Territory Legislative Scrutiny Committee will table its final report on the Care and Protection of Children Legislation Amendment (Every Child Matters) Bill 2026 (NT...
The overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the criminal justice system "reflects systemic and structural racial discrimination", the United Nations has said. Despite making up only 6.
Eighteen years after the National Apology, the systematic removal and racial targeting of Aboriginal children is worse than ever. The promise of 13 February 2008 - that our children would be safe, fam...
Arrernte woman and senior First Nations leader Evelyn Schaber has been appointed co-chair of Indigenous youth advocacy group Children's Ground.
Warning: This article contains an image of wounds sustained by a child attacked by a police dog. A report by Western Australia's Corruption and Crime Commission tabled in Parliament Tuesday highlights...
Advocates have criticised what they describe as a "business as usual" approach within New South Wales child protection, where reports are routinely closed without investigation, warning the practice e...
The decision to legislate the role of the National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Young People marks a significant step toward strengthening protections for the rights, safety...
The Commonwealth Government must take a more active role in holding the Northern Territory Government accountable for youth justice outcomes, according to the Territory's largest provider of Aborigina...
The following piece is a call to action from organisers of the Boorloo/Perth rally of January 26. January 26 is a day of mourning where we remember the many who have resisted and suffered under the yo...
The United Nations Human Rights Council has criticised Australia for the "almost constant increase" in the number of people held on remand and the country's "very low age of criminal responsibility"...
Across Australia, Aboriginal children are being disappeared by the carceral state. They are transferred without notice. Moved in secret. Taken from their families, their Country, their lawyers, and th...
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre has condemned the secret decision of the Tasmanian government to transfer Aboriginal youths from Ashley Youth Detention Centre to an adult prison facility, a transfer e...
The Australian Human Rights Commission's new review of solitary confinement and similar practices in youth detention across Australia has found the use of the dangerous practice is widespread and disp...