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Share on Twitter On 26 July last year, state and territory attorneys-general deferred a long-awaited decision on raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14, citing the need for more time to explore alternatives to incarceration. One year on, there is still no national consensus or change. It’s prompted renewed calls to make the move and a coalition of legal, medical and human rights groups to write to federal Attorney-General Michaelia Cash. The group of 47 organisations from the Raise the Age coalition - including the Human Rights Law Centre, Murdoch Children s Research Institute, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and multiple Indigenous legal centres - have written to Senator Cash seeking an update on progress. ....
Share on Twitter Human rights groups and Indigenous advocates have criticised the federal government for ignoring international pressure to raise the age of criminal responsibility. Australia fronted the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday evening, as part of the Universal Period Review which occurs every five years, thrusting its human rights record under the global spotlight. Currently, children in Australia can be held criminally responsible from the age of 10. More than 30 member nations supported a key recommendation from an initial UN hearing in January to raise the minimum age to 14. READ MORE Appearing before the committee, Australian s Permanent Representative to the UN Sally Mansfield did not formally accept the recommendation, saying responsibility lies with states and territories. ....
Share on Twitter Stolen Generations survivors in the Northern Territory are suing the federal government for their forcible removal from family over more than 60 years. Shine Lawyers on Wednesday said in a statement it would take on the case, with up to 6,000 Indigenous Australians eligible to join the class action, which has been filed in the NSW Supreme Court. Special counsel Tristan Gaven, who will legally represent the group, said most states had taken steps to compensate stolen generation survivors but no such action had occurred in NT. Compensation will be sought for the forced removal of Indigenous Australians from their families between 1910 and the 1970s. ....