Publications

Children's Rights

Improving the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children

14th June, 2024

This study aims to provide a national focus for reforms to the child protection and youth justice systems by examining the nature of recommendations from 61 reports and inquiries into these systems between the years of 2010 and 2022.

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Scoping project for National Child and Family Investment Strategy

20th November, 2023

In this report, the National Children’s Commissioner makes 18 recommendations about how the National Child and Family Investment Strategy should work.

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Safeguarding Children: A child rights impact assessment tool

25th October, 2023

The Child Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA) tool, developed by the Australian Human Rights Commission with support from UNICEF, will help governments and service providers assess how children's rights and wellbeing will be affected by new laws and policies.

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Child-friendly version of 'Mental health shapes my life': COVID-19 & kids' wellbeing (2022)

25th August, 2022

For more than two years, children and families in Australia have been living through the global COVID-19 pandemic. In early 2022, I asked children and their parents/guardians and grandparents, about their experiences during COVID-19, and what help they needed to recover.

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'Mental health shapes my life': COVID-19 & kids' wellbeing (2022)

25th August, 2022

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, children and their families have experienced unparalleled disruptions to their daily lives. Although the pandemic is far from over, it is important that we understand how children have dealt with these.

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Keeping kids safe and well: your voices

6th April, 2022

Children and young people are experts in their own lives, and their insights are critical for understanding how we can better support their safety and wellbeing.

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Child-friendly version of Keeping kids safe and well (2022)

6th April, 2022

Most of the kids I spoke to said it was very important that the government listens to what they have to say.

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A guide for children and young people to the National Strategy to prevent child sexual abuse (2021)

27th October, 2021

This guide is intended to help children and young people understand child sexual abuse, how and where to get help, and how the National Strategy is improving Australia’s response to child sexual abuse. It is recommended for children aged 9 years and up.

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Impacts of COVID-19 on children and young people who contact Kids Helpline (2020)

15th September, 2020

Kids Helpline and the Australian Human Rights Commission have co-authored a report on the impacts of COVID-19 on children and young people who contact Kids Helpline.

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Children’s Rights Report 2019

6th February, 2020

The Children’s Rights Report 2019 — In Their Own Right tells the story of how well children’s rights are protected and promoted across Australia.

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Child-friendly version of the Children’s Rights Report 2019

4th February, 2020

The report tells the Australian Government how it can do better in looking out for children and young people. This version is for children and young people.

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Children’s Rights in Australia: a scorecard

20th November, 2019

This scorecard tells the story of how well children’s rights are protected and promoted across Australia. It tells us where we are doing ok, where we should be doing much better, and where we do not yet know enough to make an assessment of our performance.

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Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (2018)

1st November, 2018

Most Australian children grow up in safe and healthy environments and do well. However, there are some groups of children whose rights are not adequately protected, which impacts negatively on their wellbeing and ability to thrive.

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Commissioners and Guardians Communiqué 15-16 May 2018

4th July, 2018

The ACCG met in Perth, Western Australia on 15 and 16 May 2018.

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Children’s Rights Report 2017

2nd March, 2018

This report outlines work the National Children's Commissioner has undertaken throughout 2016-17 to promote the human rights of children and young people in Australia. This year the major project has focused on the rights and needs of young parents and their children.