Welcome
Children and young people are often denied their rights. Sometimes they don't know what their rights are, or what to do if rights are violated.
The National Children's and Youth Law Centre (‘NCYLC’, ‘the Centre’) is a Community Legal Centre dedicated to addressing human rights issues for children and young people in Australia through legal change – the only community legal centre of its kind in Australia.
In providing our core services of Advocacy, Education and Information on human rights issues for children and young people in Australia, the touchstone for the Centre is the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (‘UN CROC’), which celebrates its 20th anniversary in December, 2010. Articles 12, 13 and 17 of the Convention are of critical importance to the work of the Centre, and are summarised below:
"Children have the right to information, freedom of thought and to be heard."
By developing and matching our services to the needs of our audience, the Centre provides information and advice that is relevant, timely and helpful. Two great examples of ways in which the Centre has been able to engage with children and young people are the Centre’s CROC and Lawstuff websites; Lawstuff delivers online legal information about a range of topics as they relate to children, including information about their rights, in a way that they can understand and relate to. Lawstuff gives children the power and knowledge to make decisions for themselves based on the information that we provide them.
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Do Children in Australia Have Rights? |
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