an ncylc e-bulletin

Issue #1: June 2003

ABOUT THE NCYLC

The National Children's and Youth Law Centre is Australia's only national community legal centre dedicated to addressing human rights issues for children and young people through legal change. The touchstone for the NCYLC is the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in December 2000.

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.