HREOC: The Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Web site: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/
The HREOC site includes Australian Human Rights: Youth Challenge, a human rights education program developed by the HREOC that aims to educate school students about human rights through guided activities, surveys, personal stories and prompted questions for discussion. HREOC is a national independent statutory government body established in 1986 by an Act of the federal Parliament, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act, and the federal Attorney General is the Minister responsible in Parliament for the Commission.
Web site: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/
The HREOC site includes Australian Human Rights: Youth Challenge, a human rights education program developed by the HREOC that aims to educate school students about human rights through guided activities, surveys, personal stories and prompted questions for discussion. HREOC is a national independent statutory government body established in 1986 by an Act of the federal Parliament, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act, and the federal Attorney General is the Minister responsible in Parliament for the Commission.
DCI-Australia: The Australian Section of Defence for Children International
Web site: http://www.dci-au.org/
DCI-Australia is a non-government organisation, part of a global chain of children's rights agencies recognised by the United Nations. The DCI's actions and campaigns are guided by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which focuses on people under 18 years of age and sets out the principles of children's rights to protection, provision, promotion and participation.
NCYLC: National Children's and Youth Law Centre
This is a community legal centre dedicated to addressing human right issues for children and young people through legal change. 'The Centre is at the forefront of public advocacy for the rights of children and young people. It lobbies governments and decision-making bodies to recognise and apply the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.'
Lawmail : This is an initiative whereby lawyers at the NCYLC will reply to young people's requests for legal information, and serves the needs of rurual and isolated youth and the disabled.
This is a community legal centre dedicated to addressing human right issues for children and young people through legal change. 'The Centre is at the forefront of public advocacy for the rights of children and young people. It lobbies governments and decision-making bodies to recognise and apply the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.'
Youth services of the NCYLC include:
Lawmail : This is an initiative whereby lawyers at the NCYLC will reply to young people's requests for legal information, and serves the needs of rurual and isolated youth and the disabled.
Childrens Commissioners
Many Australian states and territories now have childrens' commissioners.
Examples include:
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NSW Commission for Children and Young People
http://www.kids.nsw.gov.au/