The Victorian Youth Justice Bill 2024 will be presented to the upper house in Vic. Parliament during the next few weeks
We support the Youth Justice Bill. We regard it as a very important opportunity for significant change to youth justice in Victoria.
We are repeating the past harm and horror of treatment of children in institutional care, today.
Nowhere is this more apparent than with respect to Aboriginal children.
As we talk about truth telling, but as the State Government stalls on accepting and implementing all recommendations of the Yoorook Commission of Inquiry into child protection and the criminal justice system, Aboriginal children are being removed from their family at alarming rates.
Youthlaw, as a co-convener of Smart Justice for Young People and proud to support the launch of ‘Working Together‘, Smart Justice for Young Peoples’s Action Plan to End the Over-Representation of Particular Youth Cohorts in the Criminal Justice System.
Some information about Working Together from the Smart Justice for Young People team;
Working Together is for all decision makers working with young people aged 10-25 across government and the government funded community sector.
As part of Law Week 2024, Youthlaw is excited to be offering a presentation on the new laws around affirmative consent and image-based sexual offences.
Join Youthlaw lawyer Lisa Nguyen for an insightful webinar on the latest laws regarding affirmative consent and image-based sexual offences.
