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UN Youth Australia is a national youth-led organisation which seeks to educate and empower young Australians on global issues and foster an understanding of the work of the United Nations, human rights and International relations in young Australians. [1]
Human rights in Australia have largely been developed by the democratically elected Australian Parliament through laws in specific contexts (rather than a stand-alone, abstract bill of rights) and safeguarded by such institutions as the independent judiciary and the High Court, which implement common law, the Australian Constitution, and various other laws of Australia and its states and ...
A portrayal entitled The Taking of the Children on the 1999 Great Australian Clock, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, by artist Chris Cooke. The Stolen Generations (also known as Stolen Children) were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian federal and state government agencies and church missions, under ...
Australia has enacted a law banning children under 16 from ... The Australian Human Rights Commission raised concerns about potential infringement on young people’s rights to participate in ...
Australia does not know the different reasons why its children live in out-of-home-care, we do not know about the reasons for and occurrence of suicide or attempted suicide in children and young people. Australia doesn't have nationally consistent data on indigenous communities and children.
The Australian Youth Affairs Coalition (AYAC) is the national peak body for young people and the youth sector in Australia. [1] AYAC was founded in 2002 and is supported by a representative board of directors including young people and youth workers.
Encouraging greater social harmony within Australia in a range of areas such as race relations, gender equality and the treatment of children and young people; Enhancing the rights of Indigenous Australians; Promoting equal opportunity for people with a disability in Australia or countering discrimination on the basis of age or sexuality.
The list of government agencies which made submissions is extensive and includes the ACT Children & Young People Commissioner, the Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority, the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Human Rights Commission, the Australian Senate, the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian ...