Children

 Children have the same general human rights as adults.

However, because children are considered vulnerable, they have particular rights with a special need for protection. Convention on the Rights of the Child (the CRC) sets out the specific ways these rights should be ensured for children and young people.

 

 Click here for further information on:

What are Children’s Rights?

Children’s Rights in Australia  

Convention on the Rights of the Child

General Comments by the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Children’s Rights and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

 UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

 

Get Active

If you are a child or a young person and feel that you are being discriminated against you can  Get Active and:

Make a complaint

Report back to the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Attend the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) to raise your concerns.

Become a member of IHRNA

Find resources and data on Children’s Rights



 

Related Links

Kids Help Line 1800 55 1800: from anywhere in Australia, available 24 Hours toll free

NSW Commission for Children and Young People

NSW Government – The Children’s Guardian

Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (QLD)

Commissioner for Children (TAS)

WA Commissioner for Children and Young People

The United Nations Children’s Fund

Parentline (Victoria) 132289: Counselling, information and referral service for parents and carers with children aged from birth to eighteen years.

Centres Against Sexual Assault

What’s Up CROC? Australia’s implementation of Convention on the Rights of the Child

Human Rights Law Research Centre

Australian Human Rights Commission

Child Right Information Network (CRIN)

National Children and Youth Law Centre