Handbook

This course, will focus on the historical and contemporary place and experience of Indigenous children within and beyond the constructs of law and society. Using United Nations human rights frameworks, the course will take an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to selected legal issues impacting upon Indigenous children within Australia and internationally. Topics to be covered include: theory of children’s rights; Indigenous children; the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle, Indigenous children’s engagement with the criminal justice system, child protection and Indigenous children’s access, representation, and participation within the legal system. Indigenous children and the law is one of the elective subjects for law and will normally be taken after completion of the majority of core units.

Main Topics

• Theory of children’s rights
• Indigenous children
• The Aboriginal Child Placement Principle
• Indigenous children’s engagement with the criminal justice system, family law, child protection
• Indigenous children’s access, representation, and participation within the legal system.