The Child Rights Taskforce has made a series of recommendations to the Productivity Commission through a submission to the Inquiry into Access to Justice Arrangements.
The Human Rights Law Centre has made a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security in relation to the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015. The submission outlines numerous human rights concerns with the Bill
SNAICC recently submitted a response to the Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) on the Child Care Assistance Package. The submission focuses on how the proposed reforms to child care are likely to impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families
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UNICEF Australia has recently made a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security in which it expresses deep concern about the potential implications the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 could have on the rights
On 13 May 2015, the Human Rights Law Centre and UNICEF Australia made a joint submission to the Senate Select Committee regarding recent allegations relating to conditions and circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru.
Optional protocols complement and add to existing treaties. They are ‘optional’ because the obligations may be more demanding than those in the original convention, so States must independently choose whether or not to be bound by them. Optional protocols are
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Everyone under 18 years of age has rights under the Convention of the Rights of the Child.
Optional protocols complement and add to existing treaties. They are ‘optional’ because the obligations may be more demanding than those in the original convention, so States must independently choose whether or not to be bound by them. Optional protocols are
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UNICEF Australia has welcomed the Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop’s unveiling of its new policy and benchmarks for Australia’s foreign aid program. UNICEF Australia Chief Executive Officer Norman Gillespie said the announcement was evidence of Ms Bishop’s commitment and conviction in
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The Convention applies to everyone whatever their race, religion, abilities, whatever they think or say, whatever type of family they come from.
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