Children's Rights Assessment of Juvenile Detention in Australia

Introduction

PART I: Socio-Legal context for youth detention in Australia

1. Detention of children in Australia: hyperincarceration and over-representation

2. Australia's international human rights law obligations

3. Legal and policy framework for youth detention in Australia

4. Monitoring and oversight of youth detention in Australia

PART II: Children's rights violations in youth detention in Australia

5. Low minimum age of criminal responsibility

6. Failure to separate children from adults

7. Degrading treatment / failure to treat children humanely

8. Insufficient health services, standard of living, and connections with family, community, and culture

PART III: Strategies for reform

9. Towards children's-rights compliance

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• Direitos humanos
• Direito penal juvenil
• Lei de Justiça Criminal
• Direitos cívicos e cidadania
• Delinquentes juvenis

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