Children's Rights Report 2016

Summary

This report outlines work the National Children's Commissioner has undertaken throughout 2015-16 to promote the human rights of children and young people in Australia. The main focus of the report is the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) in the context of children and young people detained in youth justice centres or adult facilities

Children's Rights Report 2016

Children and youth rights

Report

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Overview

In 2016 the National Children's Commissioner looked into the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) in the context of children and young people detained in youth justice centres or adult facilities.

These documents provide a summary of the key findings and recommendations from this work.

Download the Executive Summary in PDF

Download the Executive Summary in WORD

Child-Friendly Report

Every year, the National Children's Commissioner provides a child-friendly version of her Children's Rights Report. The child-friendly report is a short, easy-to-read summary of the contents of the National Children's Commissioner's report to Parliament.

• What does the Children's Rights Report 2016 Say? (Child-Friendly Report)

Submissions and Government Responses

The National Children's Commissioner received information from Government Departments responsible for youth justice in Australia and other non-government organisations with particular expertise in the OPCAT or youth justice.

Children's Rights Report 2016: Government Responses and Submissions Received