As drag storytime events are cancelled around Australia, children and young people, who are centred in the debate, have been rendered silent and invisible.
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There’s plenty of research supporting lowering the voting age to 16. Public debate and the law just need to catch up.
It’s more than moral posturing. Resolutions like this have a history of laying the foundation for effective treaties and national laws.
The prime minister and police have asked that children be removed from the protest at parliament – but the situation is legally and logistically complex.
Children can give and refuse consent to be vaccinated, so parents and health workers need to be clear about the law.
In one year, an average 566 children between 10 and 13 were in detention. Almost 70% were Indigenous children.
Kenya announced plans in 2017 for a long-term action plan to end the institutionalisation of children.
While more and more countries have moved to ban corporal punishment in schools, certain types of nations have been slower than others to outlaw the practice. A recent analysis seeks to explain why.
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor, Department of Public Law and Jurisprudence, University of the Western Cape and Professor of Children's Rights in the Developing World, University of Leiden, University of the Western Cape
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