Research studies over many years have shown the emotional, mental, and physical impacts of bullying on children and young people who are bullied. Children and young people have told the Commissioner that many things need to happen to address bullying – both...
Providing feedback on amendments to the Education and Children Services Act 2019 is an opportunity to bring the law in-line with recommendations of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with a Disability. Although these...
We know from our 2022 report From Checkbox to Commitment that children and young people with disability want to be viewed as children first. They have similar likes, hopes, wishes and dreams as any other child, and they wanted adults and organisations to respond...
We know that a good education is critical to the future of every young person and is their right under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. We also know that it is hard for children and young people to attend school and fully engage in education if they are...
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child outline the rights of children in order to meet their physical, emotional and wellbeing needs. Specifically, children have the right to: Express their views freely in all matters affecting them, and their views...
