Amnesty calls to close detention centres and raise the age of criminal responsibility during National Child Protection Week.
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Damning report: Premier Andrews must act on abuse in Victoria’s youth detention centres
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews must end the abuse of children and young people, including children being held in solitary confinement in cells with no toilets. The abuse was revealed this morning in a report by the Commission for Children and Young People into the use of isolation, separation and lock downs of children in Victoria’s …
Children’s Commissioner urges Australia to ratify OPCAT and protect kids in detention
We welcome the Children’s Commissioner’s report tabled today, urging the Australian Government to protect children in detention by ratifying the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture. In response to the report, Roxanne Moore, Indigenous Rights Campaigner at Amnesty International Australia, said: “Let’s see Australia’s leaders ratify OPCAT, and then commit to a national plan for protecting children …
New #JustJustice book should be top of PM Turnbull’s reading list
The Federal Government must make good on its promise to listen to, and work with, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including engaging with the solutions put forward in the forthcoming #JustJustice essay collection. The book includes more than 90 articles on solutions to protect the rights of Australia’s First Peoples. These include pieces by …
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