What is it like to be a child in Australia? About 4.8 million children live on an enormous
island continent, mostly in coastal settlements and within striking distance of a beach or a …

This report by academics Graeme Brewer and Phillip Swain documents research findings
and service-providers' evidence of serious breaches of Australia's international obligations …

This scorecard tells the story of how well children's rights are protected and promoted across
Australia. It tells us where we are doing ok, where we should be doing much better, and …

Of all the United Nations Human Rights instruments, the Convention on the Rights of the
Child (CROC) is the most widely ratified. It has been accepted by some 200 State parties …

Children's rights in early childhood education and care Page 1 3 www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au
guest statement In my 2013 report, I noted the limited knowledge that many children and …

I wasn't born a Commissioner for Equal Opportunity. I spent my formative years as a child,
and my re-educative years as a lawyer, a teacher of law, and a law reformer. As a child I …

The objective of this research, set by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and
Young People, is to highlight the gaps, problems and difficulties in the protection, promotion …

Ireland ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991 and since
that time childhood and the nature of children's lives in Ireland have changed almost beyond …

Every five years, a special group of experts on children's rights called the UN Committee on
the Rights of the Child examines how children are going in Australia. They pay attention to …

The civic status of children and young people in western societies continues to be a key site
of political contest and policy development. Its significance to the international community …