Issues 27 to 38 below (November 2000 to December 2004) can be read by clicking on the front cover.
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NEWS NO. 41
Features of the 32 page September 2006 issue of DCI-Australia's Australian Children’s Rights News, No. 41:
Crisis in Indigenous Housing, Health, Education and Juvenile Justice
Health Perspectives on Indigenous Children
Housing Disadvantage Stunts Growth
As If Children Matter
Children’s Freedoms Reduced out of Fear
A Tribute to Danny Sandor
UNICEF’s The State of the World’s Children 2006 report
What’s Wrong with Children’s Rights
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President’s Column Publications Conferences
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NEWS NO. 40
Features of the 48 page December 2005 issue of DCI-Australia's Australian Children’s Rights News, No. 40:
DCI-A President Dr Judy Cashmore reports on the Concluding Observations on the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning Australia’s compliance with the
Convention on the Rights of the Child.
DCI-A Advisory Panel Member Moira Rayner examines the developmental features of children’s acquisition of a moral self and sense of fairness.
A.C.T Children’s Week award honour for DCI-A National Committee Representative Dr. Sue Packer.
Anne Tuohey explains a new service designed to assist children captured in international parental child abduction disputes.
Dr Simon Evans, Director of the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies at the University of Melbourne, identifies why critics here of bills of rights overseas should think again.
Submission on a Charter of Rights for Children in Care in Victoria.
Victorian National Committee Representative Danny Sandor accuses the Commonwealth Government of hide and seek on human rights with the anti-terrorism bill.
Pia Di Mattina, an Executive Member of ReprieveAustralia reflects on local leadership and liability in the wake of the execution of Ngyuen Tuong Van in Singapore.
Ann Skelton from the University of Pretoria Centre for Child Law provides an update on litigating for juvenile justice in the South African courts.
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President’s report to the 2005 Annual General Meeting.
State and Territory children’s rights updates.
New Resources.
Upcoming Events.
Websites.
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NEWS NO. 39
The July 2005 issue of DCI-Australia's Australian Children’s Rights News number 39 features:
The Non-Government (Alternative) Report on Australia’s compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a major document that DCI-Australia co-authoured and presented in Geneva in
June 2005 (see the "news" page on this website for the full report – hard copies can also be ordered).
Former Governer-General Sir William Deane on the importance of Australia’s multiculturalism and a concerted campaign of assessment, education and renewal.
The announcement of DCI-Australia’s call for small grant applications to fund action strategy projects (see the "competition" page on this website).
DCI-Australia Advisory Panel Member The Hon. John Fogarty AM and Stephanie Francis of the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare explain why ending state care at 18 is heartless.
The Australian Medical Association adopts an urgency motion on asylum seekers at it May 2005 conference.
Child protection and juvenile justice are two sides of the same coin writes The Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia.
Helen Bayes, founder of DCI-Australia, maps the juvenile justice work that has been done by DCI as an international organisation.
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President’s report
State and Territory children’s rights updates
New Commonwealth Family Law Act ammendment proposals
Youth Against Landmines
Progress in the fight against the physical and humiliating punishment of children
Children’s comments on CROC rights and country compliance
Sexual exploitation in cyberspace
UN news on the new composition of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and new guidelines for child witnesses and victims
New Resources
Upcoming Events
Websites
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NEWS NO. 38
The December 2004 issue of DCI-Australia's
Australian Children’s Rights News number 38 features:
Child Abuse, Child Pornography and the Internet
New Draft Internet Code of Practice
Children of Prisoners in Australia
UN Study on Violence against Children
Beyond Anti-Smacking: a series of updates
Children’s Rights have Long Roots
Parliamentary Secretary for Children and Youth Affairs
Report for Defence for Children International from ACT
Children Overboard
Children in Immigration Detention
State of the World’s Children 2005: UNICEF Report: Children Under Threat
President’s Column
Upcoming Events
Contacts
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NEWS NO. 37
The May 2004 issue of DCI-Australia's Australian
Children’s Rights News number 37 features:
No Kids behind Bars! - DCI Lobbies at the UN
What’s Up CROC - Non-Government Organsation Report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
Children in Immigration Detention: The Policy, The Practice, The Prognosis
Where are the priorities, where is the action?
Reducing disparities among Australian children
Weak powers for Children’s Commissioners criticized in Victoria and UK Half-measures fail voiceless children - p 18
Sex and Drugs and Media Roll - The Family Court’s Decision in Re Alex
Re Alex “Through a Looking Glass”
A More Future Focussed Approach to Children’s Hearing in the Family Court
President’s Column
Upcoming Events
Contacts
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NEWS NO. 36
The December 2003 issue of DCI-Australia's
Australian Children’s Rights News number 36 features:
The Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, The Honourable Alastair Nicholson, arguing for a unified model to
deal with legal family matters including juvenile justice in a holistic way. This speech was delivered as the 2003 John Barry Memorial Lecture to commemorate
the life of one of Australia’s outstanding jurists.
Management of Child Witnesses – Practical Solutions for Judges
Protecting and Advancing the Interests of Children – Child Protection in South Australia (the Layton Report)
The Tasmanian Ombudsman’s Review of Claims of Abuse from Adults in State Care as Children
WA child deaths
Legal Cracks in the Immigration Barbwire?
Possibly dying to seek asylum in Australia, the Land of the “fair go”
Inquiry into “joint custody” report released : what does it mean for children?
Child Labour News
Resources, Publications and Useful Websites
Contacts
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NEWS NO. 35
The September 2003 issue of DCI-Australia's Australian Children’s Rights News number 35
features:
Childrens participation in practice in the London Office
What do Young New Zealand Children think about Physical Punishment
Paedophilia Inc.
Faces at DCI
Collaboration and Support for Child Asylum Seekers
From the Inside: Childrens
Lives in Immigration Detention Centres
Family Court decisions on Howard governments asylum policy
Three prominent Australians speak out on Australias treatment of Asylum seekers and need to find greater generosity of spirit
Inquiries Concerning Children
ILO and Child Labour
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NEWS NO. 34
The March 2003 issue of DCI-Australia's Australian Children’s Rights News number 34
features:
Donor Conception in Australia and elsewhere
UK Government to decide soon re naming sperm donors
Giving children the right to know in Japan
Reference to CROC Supportive in Validating the Marriage of a Transexual Parent
Changes to the Law Re the Physical Punishment of Children in Australia
The Impact of War on Iraqi Children
U.S. Cluster Bombs Killed Civilians in Afghanistan
Supporting Education for Children and Young People In Care1
Senate Action of Children in Detention
Child Labour: where do we stand?
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NEWS NO. 33
The October 2002 issue of DCI-Australia's Australian Children’s Rights News number 33
features:
A report on the KIDS Submission to the Human Rights Commissioner about the treatment of asylum seeking children by Barbara Rogalla; Barbara worked at the
Woomera detention centre and represented DCI-A on the working party.
An edited extract of the address by Chief Justice Nicholson of the Family Court of Australia on the human rights of children and young people
Julian Burnside provides an incisive critique of the doublespeak in recent history and in damning refugees as “illegal” “queue-jumpers”
A tongue in cheek portrayal of a new disease “The Ruddocks”
Labor’s plan for a Children’s Commissioner by Nicola Roxon
Children’s lessons in compassion
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News about DCI's plan to collaborate with the National Children’s and Youth Law Centre on the alternative report on CROC
Update on the HREOC inquiry
Information about conferences and new print and electronic resources
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NEWS NO 32
The April 2002 issue of DCI-Australia's publication features:
Kirsten Hagon reporting on her time as Youth Representative on Australia's Delegation to the 56th Session of the United Nations
Professor Patrick Parkinson alerts us to a new court decision which protects research conducted with children
DCI-Australia National Committee Member Kate Fennessy descibes the experience as a volunteer working with children and young people at a Lebanon refugee camp
The Private Sector as Service Provider; its role in implementing children's rights
Sarah Armstrong, Senior Manager of the Post Adoption Resource Centre argues for greater openness in both adoption and donor conception practices
DCI-Australia Secretary Danny Sandor looks at the so-called children's rights arguments in the McBain IVF case that was recently decided by the High Court
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News about DCI's establishment of Socio-Legal Defence Centres
An update on our involvement in asylum seeker advocacy and research
What is the new U.N. protocol designed to deter torture?
Child labour update
Information about conferences and new print and electronic resources
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NEWS NO. 31
Opening address to the September 2001 World Congress on Family Law and the
Rights of Children by Chief Justice Alastair Nicholson
DCI-A Advisory Panel member Dr Chris Goddard attempts to imagine the plight of asylum seekers trying to arrive by boat
DCI-A Members Barbara Rogalla and Trish Highfield argue that the mandatory detention of asylum seeking children is a form of torture
DCI-A Immediate Past President Danny Sandor reviews extensive Victorian law reforms that recently improved the rights of children in unmarried families and Judge
Jennifer Coate, President of the Children's Court of Victoria, explains why she welcomes the amendments for her Court
Kirsten Hagan, Youth Representative in the Australian Delegation to the 56th Session of the UN General Assembly, is inspired by a youth media team
Alex Markham of the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria wants to see real youth participation
Desley Roy of Amnesty International Australia announces the formation of a national Children's Rights Campaign team
Jenny Degeling of the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department briefs us on a new international child protection instrument
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The continuing fight against mandatory detention of offenders
Expressions of interest sought - the 2002 Youth Representative in the
Australian Delegation to the UN General Assembly
Calls for humanitarian assistance in war zones
Details of the new HREOC Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
New Local and International Contact Details for DCI
The new National Children's and Youth Law Centre Cyber Volunteers Program
The International Council on National Youth Policy is formed
Child Soldiers Update
Child Labour Update
Requests for readers' assistance
Publications
Conferences
Email Lists
Websites
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NEWS NO. 30
Kristoffel Lieten argues for a change in the methods by which child labour is measured
Professor Patrick Parkinson identifies gaps in Australian legislation
Ann Skelton considers the circumstances of children in the South African criminal justice system
Paul Bravender Coyle and Laura Cusack urge us to use consumer choice
The Global March Against Child Labour calls for developed countries to commit 0.1% of Gross National Product to children
Human Rights Watch finds serious flaws in the U.S. State Department's first annual report on trafficking in persons
Why child slavery is a bitter ingredient in chocolate
ASEAN nations identify child prostitution as a major risk to tourism
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Proposed reform to Western Australian sexuality laws addresses young people
Where is the safety net for child asylum seekers
The UNSW Centre for Refugee Research policy position on asylum seekers and mandatory detention
Criminal justice system mandatory sentencing update
Young push for an Australian Bill of Rights
Requests for assistance: good practice with refugee children; lowering the voting age
Child Labour Update
Publications
Conferences
Websites
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NEWS NO. 29
Krista Bowie examining international child abduction,
Danny Sandor reporting on moves to better protect a returning parent,
Michael Beresford-Smith providing practice tips for workers who come across missing children,
News about the Australian Missing Children's Website.The DCI
Statement to the 57th Human Rights Commission in Geneva
Judy Cashmore's letter to the Commonwealth Attorney-General about‚ the current complaint to the UN over the NT's mandatory detention laws
Moira Rayner's update on the "Bulger" children
DCI-A's submission on the decriminalisation of the offence of public drunkenness in Victoria
The call made by a recent forum for reforms and the list of recommendations
Trish Highfield recounts "the knock on the door" that she received from D.I.M.A
Des Hogan explains Amnesty International Australia's position on the "Teoh Bill"
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Momentum for a Victorian Children and Young People's Commission
A critique of NSW laws on the physical punishment of children
Surrogacy and Article 8 of CROC
Information about the World Education Fellowship
The debate about childcare data
Child Soldiers Update
Child Labour Update
Publications
Conferences
Websites
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NEWS NO. 28
Former nurse at Woomera Immigration Detention Centre, Barbara Rogalla,
argues that it is both illogical and unethical to incarcerate asylum seeking children.
Grant Mitchell, who co-ordinates the asylum seeker project at Hotham Mission, explains about the Swedish model for refugee reception.
Chid Care Worker Trish Highfield provides a moving picture of the conditions she has seen for detained children.
Extracts from the "Flood" Inquiry and the Commonwealth Ombudsman's Reports into Immigration Detention.
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The text of an address by the Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, The Honourable Alastair Nicholson, who has
welcomed a rights based focus in launching a new mental health group for children, young people and their families.
A report on the January 2001 Preparatory Session for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on children to held in September 2001.
Comments by the winners of the 2000 DCI-A Australian Children's Rights Media Awards.
Viewpoints on the juvenile justice implications of the WA and QLD elections.
An update on mandatory detention laws in the NT.
Moves to better incorporate CROC in Victorian policy, programs and practice.
Updates on child soldiers and child exploitation developments.
News about new publications, conferences, opportunities for work and websites.
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NEWS NO. 27
Liz Curran explaining the National Human Rights Register of the Melbourne Catholic
Commission for Justice Development and Peace.
Dr Shirley Wyver of the Institute of Early Childhood Macquarie University examining some key considerations and strategies to assist young children make informed decisions.
Irene Verins of the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation describing why its Mental Health Promotion Plan signals a bold and timely recognition of the impacts
of structural factors on health.
Dianne Otto, Co-Convenor of the Women's Rights Action Network Australia suggesting why moves to amend the Sex Discrimination Act should be opposed and how readers can take part.
Janet Jukes, the Executive Officer of the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria considering recent criticism of the systems meant toprotect children and adolescents from abuse.
Judy Cashmore, Vice President of DCI-Australia providing an update on the law in relation to corporal punishment in NSW and also discusses new
guidelines for the representation of children.
Cheryl Vernon, National Committee member of DCI-Australia questionning whether Australia gives its young people a "fair go".
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New caselaw in Australian family law and the award of damages to children in England
Changes inkey Australian human rights positions
A review of recent literature on children's participation
Updates about new publications, conferences and opportunities for work
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