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Childrens Rights
29 September 2021Webpage
About Children's Rights
What are children's rights? Just like adults, children have human rights across the full spectrum of civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. Children also have special rights because of their vulnerability, such as the right to protection from exploitation and abuse, the right to be cared for and have a home, and the right to have a say in decisions which affect them. The… -
Childrens Rights
11 December 2019Speech
2019 Human Rights Day Oration
The Hon Peter McClellan AM QC 10 December 2019 I recently visited the Peace Memorial in Hiroshima. It is a confronting but moving experience. It is a memorial to the people the allies believed it necessary to kill to win the war. They were also intent on emphasising to the world that they had the most powerful weapon ever invented. They chose to detonate the bomb in an urban area rather than… -
Childrens Rights
19 March 2014Submission
Enhancing Online Safety for Children
Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Outline of children’s rights in the context of bullying, including cyber-bullying 3 The Commission’s existing work on bullying and cyber-bullying 4 Other emerging issues 5 Education and increasing public awareness 1 Introduction The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Department of