Sentences with phrase «youth justice centre»

Coming up next in the series: • Findings of the Ombudsman's investigation into rehabilitation prospects in Victoria's overcrowded prisons • The Koori cultural program for young Aboriginal people in the Melbourne Youth Justice Centre at Parkville.

This move, which is opposed by justice and human rights advocates, follows a riot at the Parkville youth justice centre.

The disturbing images of the Don Dale youth justice centre, and the harrowing accounts of the children and young people who were subjected to punishing conditions should remind us that getting tough is not the answer.

Youth justice centres should have adequate, skilled staff who are demographically representative of the children and young people in detention, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff.

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SYC acts as a networking and resource centre for youth between the ages of 15 - 26, concerned about environmental and social justice issues.

Opened in 1957, it was designed to be «more clinic, than court,» fostering a child - centred approach to youth justice that aims to address the underlying factors that lead young people to conflict with the law, including problems at home, poverty and under - housing, substance use and mental health issues.

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The Youth Justice Legal Centre (YJLC) has released a new guide on «county lines» and trafficking in order to help criminal lawyers and professionals.

West Coast LEAF sought leave to intervene in the case in coalition with ARCH Disability Law Centre and Justice for Children and Youth.

Those surveyed came from Citizens Advice, law centres, legal aid, National Offender Management Services, Ministry of Justice, Crown Prosecution Service, HMCTS, HM Prison Service, CAFCASS, Office of the Public Guardian, Probation and Youth Justice, as well as various courts ranging from the Immigration and Asylum Chamber to the Crown Court.

Krista has been active in the legal community, volunteering with Justice for Children and Youth, volunteering with the Riverdale Mediation Centre, completing a clinical placement with the Family Law firm of Mary - Jo Maur and volunteering with Queen's University Legal Aid Clinic.

«When we made the very easy decision to award Justice Donald McLeod, much of that discussion centred on his contributions toward youth, the programs that he's involved in, and the community work that he champions,» said BLSA president Semhar Woldai.

The new Child and Youth Legal Centre presents a very significant development in improving access to justice for children in British Columbia.

The factum of some of the interveners are also available online, such as the Coalition of West Coast Women's Legal Education and Action Fund & Justice for Children and Youth & Arch Disability Centre, and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association.

Currently, as President of the Asian Youth Centre (Canada Chapter), Nadia promotes social justice and engages with a network of diverse individuals.

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Too many children, families and communities have been harmed by our punitive and ineffective child protection and youth justice systems, we owe it to them to ensure each and every recommendation from the Royal Commission is pursued with vigour from all levels of government,» said Shahleena Musk, a Senior Lawyer at the Centre.

Former head of Queensland corrections Keith Hamburger, who gave evidence about shocking conditions in the Don Dale detention centre, called for an overhaul of the youth justice system, led by Aboriginal people and communities.

CCLC recently collaborated with the Youth Justice Legal Centre («YJLC») and others on a guide about «county lines» and trafficking.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissiner, Mick Gooda also said the Commission's focus should be wider than the incidents at Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in Darwin.

The London Centre for Psychodrama Group and Individual Psychotherapy offers services in London to the general public and to people in many areas of work including mental health, criminal justice, social services, counselling, youth work, substance misuse programmes, the public and voluntary sectors, schools and universities, therapy and helping professions, business and industry.

She is the author of twenty scientific papers and a book on children's rights, is an active member of the Commission of the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Social Policy and Youth, related to rights of children, as well as being a member of the Ethical Commission of the Child Protection Centre in Zagreb and the Psychiatric Hospital for Children in Zagreb.

[3] A further non-exhaustive list of organisations who have publicly expressed support for the campaign includes: Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory; Amnesty International Australia; Australian Catholic Bishops» Social Justice Committee; Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine; Australian Council of Social Services; Australian Council for International Development; Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies; Australian Nursing Federation; Australian Red Cross; Caritas Australia; Clinical Nurse Consultants Association of NSW; Diplomacy Training Program, University of New South Wales; Gnibi the College of Indigenous Australian Peoples, Southern Cross University; Human Rights Law Resource Centre; Ian Thorpe's Fountain for Youth; Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales; Jumbunna, University of Technology Sydney; Make Indigenous Poverty History campaign; National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Council; National Association of Community Legal Centres; National Children's and Youth Law Centre; National Rural Health Alliance; Public Health Association of Australia; Quaker Services Australia; Rural Doctors Association of Australia; Save the Children Australia; Sax Institute; Sisters of Mercy Aboriginal Network NSW; Sisters of Mercy Justice Network Asia Pacific; UNICEF Australia; and the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation.

(The list of agencies signed up to the campaign include: National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Congress of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Nurses Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory Australian Indigenous Doctors Association Amnesty International Australia Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine Australian Council of Social Service Australian Council for International Development Australian General Practice Network Australian Nursing Federation Australian Red Cross Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation Caritas Australia Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health Diplomacy Training Program Fred Hollows Foundation Gnibi the College of Indigenous Australian Peoples, Southern Cross University Human Rights Law Resource Centre Ian Thorpe's Fountain for Youth Indigenous Law Centre Make Indigenous Poverty History campaign National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Council National Association of Community Legal Centres National Children's and Youth Law Centre National Rural Health Alliance Oxfam Australia Professor Daniel Tarantola, Chair of Health and Human Rights, University of New South Public Health Association of Australia Quaker Services Australia Royal Australasian College of Physicians Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Rural Doctors Association of Australia Save the Children Australia Telethon Institute for Child Health Research UNICEF Australia Uniya Jesuit Social Justice Centre)