Our mission

The National Children's and Youth Law Centre aims to:

• provide advice and information to children and young people, their parents and advocates and the wider community, about young people's legal rights and responsibilities;
• bring about changes to laws, policies and practices to advance the interests and rights of young Australians;
• promote the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child;
• promote opportunities for participation by children and young people in decision making at all levels;
• undertake selected test cases on behalf of children and young people to clarify or further their legal rights; and
• be a centre for research, training and policy development in matters of children's rights.

These form the foundation of the Centre's ethos and guide all activities and programs the Centre undertakes.