Family and Juvenile Court established in Viet Nam
Children's Rights International (CRI) as extremely pleased to receive notification from UNICEF (Viet Nam) of the creation of Viet Nam's first dedicated children's court - the Family and Juvenile Court....
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Training on child protection for Vietnamese hospital staff
In December 2014, Children's Rights International (CRI) board member Professor Garry Warne AM travelled to Hanoi with Dr Anne Smith, Director of the Victorian Forensic Paediatric Medical Service...
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Ten Laws that need to change in 2015
There are many laws across the state (New South Wales) and the country that are subject to the scrutiny of the legal profession. Key legal professionals give their views on the laws that need to...
View ArticleJoint statement by Australian organisations and community groups
13 February 2015 NEVER AGAIN: LET'S END THE DETENTION OF CHILDREN ONCE AND FOR ALL The report of the Australian Human Rights Commission's National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention...
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Children in Detention - Nothing has Changed
In 1995 the Hon. Alastair Nicholson, then Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, raised the issue that Australia was failing its international obligations by holding children in detention...
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Legal Academia Calls for Re-Examination of Juvenile Justice Bill in India
by Gemma EvansWriter, Editor and SAHM Members of the legal academia have called for the re-examination of the Juvenile Justice Bill 2014, passed into Law by the Lok Sabha. The law allows those aged...
View ArticleChild rights advocates support call to release children from immigration...
Sarah Sedghi reported this story on Thursday, February 12, 2015 12:20:00, The World Today, ABC Radio ELEANOR HALL: Child rights advocates are supporting the Human Rights Commission's recommendation to...
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CRI @ Walk for Justice - Children in Immigration Detention, March 2015
Members of CRI participated in the 2015 Walk for Justice to raise the awareness of the public to the plight of children in detention. The walk also aimed to convey to policy makers of all political...
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GETUP Kids Out Campaign and Call for Social Media Action
On Thursday (4 June 2015) GETUP delivering the petition straight to Parliament House calling for the immediate release of all children and their families from Australian-run detention centres. In...
View ArticleThe late Malcolm Fraser AC on Australia’s mistreatment of refugees and asylum...
Malcolm Fraser AC, former Prime Minister of Australia, was a staunch defender of the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. This speech was given at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne on June 18th...
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Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health Position Statement, May 2015
The passing of the Border Protection Act by the Australian Parliament was vigorously opposed by all of Australia’s key medical groups. Doctors and other health workers have taken to the streets to...
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A response to the ongoing Adam Goodes booing controversy
Bullying can come in various forms and for different reasons. Classically it is defined as the singling out and denigration of an individual or group by a more powerful group on a repetitive basis. The...
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Michele Harris: Reflections by the Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC
Friday 31st July 2015 I am conscious of the brilliant eulogy to Michele delivered by Jeff McMullen at the service to commemorate her life in Sydney and the touching contribution of Pia Pagotto from...
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The Intervention: an Anthology
Edited by Rosie Scott and Anita Heiss Launch by the Honourable Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC 24 September 2015 I have great pleasure in participating in the Melbourne launch of this excellent anthology...
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CRI’s Cambodian Program 2015
by the Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO, RFD, QC This report follows on from my recent Cambodian visit in July 2015. With the assistance of substantial donations from the World Congress on Family Law and...
View ArticleNCAB Conference 2016
Tickets now on sale to NCAB 2016 You're invited to NCAB's seventh biennial conference, "Towards Bullying Solutions - Theory and Practice". The conference will focus on the work we are doing to address...
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Introduction of the Juvenile Justice Law in Cambodia
"The Cambodian Government is to be commended for the introduction of the Juvenile Justice Law. It is the culmination of hard work by many people and organisations and we at Children's Rights...
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Essential Elements for a Treaty
Constitutional change is key to a strong treaty with Indigenous Australians by the Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO, RFD, QC Published in Arena Magazine no. 141, April-May 2016: www.arena.org.au The...
View ArticleDISCUSSION ON THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN IN AUSTRALIA and Launch of the CRC25 -...
The Australian Human Rights Commission and the Australian Child Rights Taskforce invite you to a special discussion on the rights of children in Australia, as well as to launch CRC25 - the Australian...
View ArticleAustralian Children’s Rights Task Force: Australian Child Rights Progress Report
Address by the Honourable Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC Chair Children’s Rights International Australian Human Rights Commission, Sydney, NSW, 10 June 2016 Acknowledgments: Gadigal people of the Eora...
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