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Australia’s commitment to children’s rights and reporting to the UN October 2007

This paper discusses the following questions: 

1. What is Australia’s commitment to protecting children’s rights?
2. Why do children need a separate human rights treaty?
3. What is the process for reporting to the UN about children’s rights?
4. Does the reporting process force the Australian government to take action on children’s rights?
5. Can the Commission force the government to take action on children’s rights?
6. Can people complain to the UN about breaches of children’s rights in Australia?
7. How else does the Commission engage with the UN on children’s rights?
8. 1.    What is Australia’s commitment to protecting children’s rights?

1.1.    The Convention on the Rights of the Child sets out children’s rights

In November 1989, the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). It is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world. There are only 2 countries which have not signed the CRC; the United States of America and Somalia.

Australia ratified the CRC in December 1990. This means that Australia has a duty to ensure that all children in Australia enjoy the rights set out in the treaty.

The CRC contains the full range of human rights – civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights.

Some of the core principles of the CRC are:

• the right of all children to survival and development;
• respect for the best interests of the child as a primary consideration in all decisions relating to children;
• the right of all children to express their views freely on all matters affecting them; and
• the right of all children to enjoy all the rights of the CRC without discrimination of any kind.

Click here to read the text of the CRC

1.2.    Australia must report on children’s rights to the UN

Part of Australia’s commitment to the CRC includes reporting to the UN about the state of children’s rights, every 5 years. The next report is due in January 2008.

The reporting process allows the UN to periodically monitor Australia’s commitment to promoting and protecting children’s rights. The reporting process provides an opportunity for developing better policies and planning for the promotion and realisation of children’s rights in Australia. 

1.3.    The Commission has an official role to protect children’s rights

Under the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth), the Commission has an official role to protect and promote children’s rights.

At first, the Commission monitored the Declaration on the Rights of the Child, which was a short document outlining a set of 10 principles. In the late 1970s, a working group began preparing a more comprehensive set of children’s rights principles that became the CRC. The Commission was actively involved in those discussions through the contributions of former Human Rights Commissioner, Brian Burdekin.

After Australia ratified the CRC, the government made the CRC part of the Commission’s role. This does not make the CRC part of Australian domestic law, but it does give the Commission the power to refer to the CRC when considering complaints from children who complain their rights have been breached.

Importantly, the Commission also has the legal power to examine laws that may breach the CRC, conduct public inquiries into breaches of the CRC, provide policy advice, and promote public understanding of children’s rights in Australia.

Click here for information on how to lodge a complaint with the Commission 

1. 2.    Why do children need a separate human rights treaty?

The CRC incorporates the whole spectrum of human rights – civil, political, economic, social and cultural – and sets out the specific ways these rights should be ensured for children and young people. The CRC recognises that the degree to which children can exercise these rights independently is influenced by their evolving maturity. It also emphasises the rights and responsibilities of parents where applicable. Although children have their own treaty, they are still protected by the other human rights treaties.

1. 3.    What is the process for reporting to the UN about children’s rights? 

3.1.    The Australian government prepares a general report on children’s rights 

The CRC states that every 5 years the Australian government should prepare a report with detailed information about:

• what it is doing to protect and promote the rights contained in the CRC;
• the progress that has been made in protecting and promoting those rights; and
• the obstacles and problems that have been encountered in implementing the CRC.

Usually the preparation of the report will be co-ordinated by the Attorney General’s Department (AGD). The state and territory governments and other relevant Australian government departments and agencies will also be consulted. The government usually seeks input from the community on its draft report. When the report is finalised the government will publish the report on the AGD’s website.

Click here for more information on the AGD’s website 

3.2.    Australia’s report is reviewed by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Australia’s report on children’s rights is submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (the UN Committee).  The UN Committee was established to monitor the implementation of the CRC. The UN Committee consists of representatives from several countries.

The UN Committee examines Australia’s report and makes recommendations and comments in the form of ‘concluding observations’. The UN Committee encourages Australia to do what it can to implement its recommendations as soon as possible.

Click here for the UN Committee’s concluding observations on Australia’s record in 2005

The UN Committee can also issue ‘general comments’ or ‘general recommendations’. These comments are not specific to Australia, but rather provide guidance to all countries about the content of the CRC.

The concluding observations and general comments are publicly available documents. These documents provide guidance about what Australia needs to do to comply with its obligations under the CRC.

This process enables people to monitor how their government is observing human rights obligations set out in the CRC.

Click here for more information on the Committee on the Rights of the Child 

Click here for more information about UN Committees generally 

3.3.    NGOs and community groups can prepare a ‘shadow’ report

The UN Committee can look at any information it considers is important when reviewing Australia’s record on children’s rights. This may include information from NGOs and community groups in the form of a ‘shadow’ report. Shadow reports generally provide an alternative view about the government’s performance on children’s rights.

Since Australia’s next report on the CRC is due in January 2008, there is already a taskforce preparing a shadow report. Over the coming months, the taskforce will be asking the public for their comments about the government’s performance on children’s rights. The Commission will put information about the public consultation process on our website at that time.

3.4.    The Commission’s role in the reporting process

The Commission does not report to the UN Committee on behalf of the government. However, the government usually asks the Commission to provide comments on the government’s draft report. This is useful because the Commission can provide comments to the government before the report is finalised. However, the government does not have to include the Commission’s comments in its final report.

Sometimes the Commission submits additional comments directly to the UN. The Commission might also work with NGOs or community groups to assist them in preparing a shadow report or by providing information on children’s rights issues.

1. 4.    Does the reporting process force the Australian government to take action on children’s rights? 

4.1.    The UN can only make recommendations 

The UN Committee cannot legally force the Australian government to implement its recommendations. However, the UN’s recommendations can provide guidance to the government about how to better protect children’s rights.

However, the information and recommendations in the UN Committee’s reports can also be a useful tool for Australian children’s rights advocates to influence government action.

4.2.    The opportunity to revitalize discussion on children’s rights promotes accountability 

The regularity of the reporting process and the ability for the Commission, NGOs and community groups to play a role in the process encourages ongoing discussion about children’s rights in Australia.

The process also creates a public record of Australia’s children’s rights performance. Usually the information provided to the UN Committee is made public. This means that the views of the government, the UN Committee, the Commission and community groups should be publicly available.

The information that is placed on the public record and the activities which surround the reporting process promotes government accountability for the implementation of the CRC in Australia.

1. 5.    Can the Commission force the government to take action on children’s rights? 

5.1.    The Commission does not have enforcement powers

The Commission cannot force the government to implement any recommendations made by the UN Committee or by the Commission itself. However, the Commission can engage in activities designed to encourage implementation of the CRC.

For example, the Commission’s National Inquiry into Children in Detention found that the mandatory detention of children for long periods of time breached the CRC. A year after the release of Inquiry report, the government changed the law to state that children could only be held in immigration detention as a last resort.

1. 6.    Can people complain to the UN about breaches of children’s rights in Australia? 

6.1.    The UN Committee does not accept individual complaints under the CRC

Some treaties enable individuals to make complaints to the UN committee established to monitor that treaty. Any persons, including children, can bring individual complaints under these treaties.

For example, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), the Convention Against Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) all include individual complaints mechanisms.

The UN Committee can not consider individual complaints under the CRC.

For more information about these treaties, see the complaints procedure on the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

The CRC itself does not have an individual complaints mechanism.

1. 7.    How else does the Commission engage with the UN on children’s rights?

7.1.    UN World Report on violence against children. 

In 2006, the UN Secretary-General released a study on violence against children that found that girls and boys of all cultures, classes, education, income and ethnic origin suffer or witness violence every day in the very places they should be safe – schools, communities and homes.

The Commission provided materials to UN staff to help them prepare their report.

Click here for more information about the UN World Report on violence against children

The Commission has now urged the Australian government to consider the report’s recommendations and take steps to counter violence against children.

Click here for the Commission’s statement on the release of the report

7.2.    UN General Assembly Special Session on children

In May 2002, the Human Rights Commissioner participated in the most important international conference on children in more than a decade; the Special Session of the UN General Assembly on children. At the Special Session, the countries of the world committed themselves to a series of goals to improve the situation of children and young people.

Click here for more information about the Commission’s involvement in the 2002 Special Session

In December 2007, the UN will be holding a follow-up meeting to monitor the progress made in implementing the goals made at the Special Session.

1. 8.    More information on children’s rights… 

• The Commission: for an overview of the Commission’s work in children’s rights in Australia.
• The Convention on the Rights of the Child: for the complete text.
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: this is the website for the Committee that reviews the reports that are submitted by governments on the implementation of the CRC. The comments that the Committee makes about Australia and other countries are accessible on this site.
• UNICEF: for information about the CRC and the work of UNICEF.

We need you

My young son is missing since November 2012 because I complained to CAFS Queensland children’s detention centre Eagleby about unexplained burses.

What is presented as feminism is in fact a Dysfunctional Antisocial Narcisstic Collective. Criminally motivated exploitation of our children, driven by greed for power and money, the same ilk as ‘Emily’s List’ of bigoted feminist, feminism is socialism / communism in a dress.

This is a dysfunctional criminally corrupt secret industry kept a corrupt secret with 121 FLA, LAQ ICL Child Lawyer and consultant’s purger to obstruct pervert and defeat justice.

What should be straight forward 50/50 has been dragged through Family Court Australia for 3 years at huge expense, by Legal Aid Queensland family law team of narcisstic antisocial politically violent duplicitic pseudo feminists, with purgery and deceit.

The kicker is the more conflict the more profit corrupt ICL child lawyers and the industry makes, the industry makes every effort to lie, purger and cheat to fuel conflict

Peaceful resolution is not profitable.

The hidden war a civil war on our children and families.

The most notable thing about the courts Judiciary themselves is the criminality.

Have evolved into Antisocial Narcisstic Collective, criminally motivated antisocial narcissism defeating justice, excluding honest practitioners, corruption, bias, treachery, lies, purger, deceit, with no accountability, not judicial in the least.

Child exploitation is the new 16 billion dollar per year boom industry, with no regard for the kids, the families or the law..

The most notable aspect of socialist regimes is how antisocial and despotic they are, duplicity.

The Australian family court antisocial judiciaries are killing 2 or more good people every day here in Australia alone.

It is an antisocial psyc war on children and families aimed at defeating justice for power and profit, thousands of Australian families are victimised, trapped every year.

50/50 shared care is the civilised standard.

If for no good reason one parent works against 50/50 it could be said they are being dysfunctional, antisocial and should be assessed for antisocial personality disorder.

What we are seeing is justice being defeated by collectives of dysfunctional antisocial narcisstic judiciaries and bureaucracies simply because there is no accountability. By this function good practitioners are ejected.

Ever wonder how these narcisstic antisocial and psychotic people get jobs and position in judiciaries and bureaucries, ever wonder why the world is in perpetual war?

Owen’s theorem Owen’s syndrome Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 November) was a Welsh social reformer and one of the founders of socialism and the cooperative movement. Owen’s son Robert Dale stayed at New Harmony after its collapse. He had a different assessment of his father’s experiment.

“All cooperative schemes which provide equal remuneration to the skilled and industrious and the ignorant and idle must work their own downfall, for by this unjust plan … they must of necessity eliminate the valuable members … and retain only the improvident, unskilled, and vicious.”

It is not hard to see how these antisocial, narcisstic judiciaries and bureaucries collectives form.

Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives.

Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.

Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-11-13 – 1941-10-03) was an important American litigator, Supreme Court Justice, advocate of privacy, and developer of the Brandeis Brief

The only real solution is public accountability … http://www.crpa.ca/

DSM-5 Criteria for the Personality Disorders

General Criteria for a Personality Disorder

The essential features of a personality disorder are impairments in personality (self and interpersonal) functioning and the presence of pathological personality traits. To diagnose a personality disorder, the following criteria must be met

A.Significant impairments in self (identity or self-direction) and interpersonal (empathy or intimacy) functioning.

B.One or more pathological personality trait domains or trait facets.

C.The impairments in personality functioning and the individual’s personality trait expression are relatively stable across time and consistent across situations.

D.The impairments in personality functioning and the individual’s personality trait expression are not better understood as normative for the individual’s developmental stage or socio-cultural environment.

E.The impairments in personality functioning and the individual’s personality trait expression are not solely due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, medication) or a general medical condition (e.g., severe head trauma).

Antisocial Personality Disorder

DSM-5 Criteria – Revised April 2012

The essential features of a personality disorder are impairments in personality (self and interpersonal) functioning and the presence of pathological personality traits. To diagnose antisocial personality disorder, the following criteria must be met:

A.Significant impairments in personality functioning manifest by:

1.Impairments in self functioning (a or b):

A.Identity: Ego-centrism; self-esteem derived from personal gain, power, or pleasure.

B.Self-direction: Goal-setting based on personal gratification; absence of prosocial internal standards associated with failure to conform to lawful or culturally normative ethical behaviour.

AND

2.Impairments in interpersonal functioning (a or b):

a.Empathy: Lack of concern for feelings, needs, or suffering of others; lack of remorse after hurting or mistreating another.

b.Intimacy: Incapacity for mutually intimate relationships, as exploitation is a primary means of relating to others, including by deceit and coercion; use of dominance or intimidation to control others.

B. Pathological personality traits in the following domains:

1. Antagonism, characterized by:

A. Manipulativeness: Frequent use of subterfuge to influence or control others; use of seduction, charm, glibness, or ingratiation to achieve one„s ends.

B. Deceitfulness: Dishonesty and fraudulence; misrepresentation of self; embellishment or fabrication when relating events.

C. Callousness: Lack of concern for feelings or problems of others; lack of guilt or remorse about the negative or harmful effects of one„s actions on others; aggression; sadism.

D. Hostility: Persistent or frequent angry feelings; anger or irritability in response to minor slights and insults; mean, nasty, or vengeful behaviour.

2. Disinhibition, characterized by:

A. Irresponsibility: Disregard for – and failure to honour – financial and other obligations or commitments; lack of respect for – and lack of follow through on – agreements and promises.

B. Impulsivity: Acting on the spur of the moment in response to immediate stimuli; acting on a momentary basis without a plan or consideration of outcomes; difficulty establishing and following plans.

C. Risk taking: Engagement in dangerous, risky, and potentially self-damaging activities, unnecessarily and without regard for consequences; boredom proneness and thoughtless initiation of activities to counter boredom; lack of concern for one„s limitations and denial of the reality of personal danger.

C. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual’s personality trait expression are relatively stable across time and consistent across situations.

D. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual’s personality trait expression are not better understood as normative for the individual’s developmental stage or socio-cultural environment.

E. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual’s. personality trait expression are not solely due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, medication) or a general medical condition (e.g., severe head trauma).

F. The individual is at least age 18 years.

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

DSM-5 Criteria – Revised June 2011

The essential features of a personality disorder are impairments in

personality (self and interpersonal) functioning and the presence of pathological personality traits. To diagnose narcissistic personality disorder, the following criteria must be met:

A. Significant impairments in personality functioning manifest by:

1.Impairments in self functioning (a or b):

a. Identity: Excessive reference to others for self-definition and self-esteem regulation; exaggerated self-appraisal may be inflated or deflated, or vacillate between extremes; emotional regulation mirrors fluctuations in self-esteem.

b. Self-direction: Goal-setting is based on gaining approval from others; personal standards are unreasonably high in order to see oneself as exceptional, or too low based on a sense of entitlement; often unaware of own motivations.

AND

2. Impairments in interpersonal functioning (a or b):

a. Empathy: Impaired ability to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others; excessively attuned to reactions of others, but only if perceived as relevant to self; over- or underestimate of own effect on others.

b. Intimacy: Relationships largely superficial and exist to serve self-esteem regulation; mutuality constrained by little genuine interest in others‟ experiences and predominance of a need for personal gain

B. Pathological personality traits in the following domain:

1. Antagonism, characterized by:

a. Grandiosity: Feelings of entitlement, either overt or covert; self-centeredness; firmly holding to the belief that one is better than others; condescending toward others.

b. Attention seeking: Excessive attempts to attract and be the focus of the attention of others; admiration seeking.

C. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual‟s personality trait expression are relatively stable across time and consistent across situations.

D. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual‟s personality trait expression are not better understood as normative for the individual‟s developmental stage or socio-cultural environment.

E. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual‟s personality trait expression are not solely due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, medication) or a general medical condition (e.g., severe head trauma).

Social media can help keep you informed about events and information sessions being run to improve the position and rights of Australian fathers.

Social media has been used to bring change to political systems and governments around the world, you have a voice and this is the platform for you to be heard. We encourage you to join us so we can be heard together.

If you are serious about change to Australian policies and you are interested in issues relating to child access policies and how men are treated in the legal system, then you should consider following us and showing your support.

You will no longer suffer in silence, together we can change the system.

You are either part of the problem or you are part of the solution!

The Australian Brotherhood of Fathers has setup a twitter account.

https://twitter.com/ABF_lobbygroup

This is the link to the Brisbane public meeting.

https://www.facebook.com/events/234972163307849/

The Australian Brotherhood of Fathers is seeking support from fathers across the country to remind policy makers that we have an important role to play in Australian families and society.

Our rights and the rights of our children are threatened by policies that do not represent our views and fail to provide for our needs.

Fathers and their children deserve better outcomes from government in our modern society.

If you want change for the better, if you want improved services and support for your children we need to see you on the ground at the upcoming meetings.

This is your chance to be apart of a better future!

Fund raising BBQ will be available on the day

More interstate dates to be confirmed.

What can you do?

Click on the link below and let us know you are coming.

https://www.facebook.com/events/234972163307849/

Then go to the Australian Brotherhood of Fathers page and like it!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Australian-Brotherhood-of-Fathers/320810958035621

This is the first way you can make a difference and it allows you to be contacted by the group.

Share the message and commit to attending the events!

Tell others that have either dealt with or are currently dealing with access and custody issues that the time for change is now!

If we work together they can’t ignore us!

What is a parenting plan?

A parenting plan is a voluntary agreement that covers the day to day responsibilities of each parent, the practical considerations of a child’s daily life, as well as how parents will agree and consult on important long-term issues about their children. It can be changed at any time as long as both parents agree.

A parenting plan is not legally enforceable and is different from a parenting order, which is made by a court. Parents who make a parenting plan can ask the court to make an order in the terms of that plan.

Once made, these orders are legally binding – they have the same effect as any other parenting order made by a court. You can use this Parenting Plan to: Generate ideas of what you want for yourself and your child(ren) Save thousands of dollars by being prepared when you consult a lawyer.

Feel more confident when going into the Family Court system by being better prepared. Determine new ways of working together with your ex by understanding individual and mutual needs. Assess your current situation and create a practical goal oriented plan for the future.

Not all Dads are Deadbeats

www.notalldadsaredeadbeats.com

Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 November) was a Welsh social reformer and one of the founders of socialism and the cooperative movement

Owen’s son Robert Dale stayed at New Harmony after its collapse. He had a different assessment of his father’s experiment.

“All cooperative schemes which provide equal remuneration to the skilled and industrious and the ignorant and idle must work their own downfall, for by this unjust plan … they must of necessity eliminate the valuable members … and retain only the improvident, unskilled, and vicious.”

Hence Collective narcissism

NATO SECURITY SPECIALIST Speaks Out on the UK Stealing Children for Profit

March 11, 2013

Sabine Kurjo McNeillBelgium, Day of Action, Day of Action 28 March 2013, Secret Family Courts, Social Services, United KingdomAfghan National Army, Afghanistan, Belgium, Children Act 1989, Children Youth and Family, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Government, Human rights, International Security Assistance Force, NATO, Nigel Cooper, Uniform, United States, United States Armed ForcesLeave a comment

Normally, we refer to the following legal frameworks

• Children Act 1989
• European Convention on on Human Rights
• UN Convention on the Rights of a Child.

The Belgian judgement that Nigel Cooper obtained is here (with my emphasis and highlights added) and adds

• the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

Related articles

• BANNED from the UK: NATO Security Consultant because the “UK has been caught red handed stealing children” (punishmentwithoutcrime.wordpress.com)

Armies of family court judiciaries lawyers and their cohorts are snatching and exploiting childern on an industrial scale never seem before.

Then gloating on destroying thier lives, killing 2, 3 people and up every day here in Australia alone.

Fathers Union of Australia http://fathersunionaustralia.com/wp/2013/03/12/stealing-children/

Banned from seeing his baby son, desperate father Nathan Ellem scaled Brisbane’s Storey Bridge in protest.

Now on A Current Affair, he justifies his drastic actions.

If you or anyone you know is in emotional distress, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or www.lifeline.org.au.

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