Elizabeth Watt, Thursday, 7th October 2021 - A new report sheds light on the ongoing criminalisation of youth homelessness in NSW, write Dr Elizabeth Watt, Olivia Iannelli and Shoshana Booth from Yfoundations.Back in 2008,…
Wendy Williams, Monday, 9th September 2019 - A 12-year-old Arrernte/Garrwa boy from central Australia has travelled to Geneva to address the UN Human Rights Council and urge the Australian government to stop sending 10-year-olds…
Luke Michael, Monday, 20th November 2017 - Nearly 100 organisations across Australia have released an open statement to political leaders calling for national action to reform the nation’s youth justice systems, in wake…
Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 8th February 2017 - The Victorian government faces new legal action, led by the Human Rights Law Centre, to stop children being detained in Barwon prison.In the Supreme Court challenge, launched on …
Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 21st December 2016 -
The Supreme Court in Victoria has ruled that the transfer and detention of children to Barwon Prison is unlawful and they must be moved.
The court ordered the children be moved to a suitable…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 28th July 2016 - The federal government has appointed former Northern Territory Supreme Court Chief Justice Brian Ross Martin AO to head the royal commission into the state’s child protection and…