The Sovereign Voice Issue 5 | Page 11

For over twenty-five years this government and its family court and those that work within it have ignored their obligations and responsibilities and endangered the lives of many vulnerable children. Although this cases focuses on Australia, this problem is global. And it is made all the more significant when we realise that once again a system that was supposed to ensure the protection of children when their parents couldn’t would result in so much harm being done for so long simply because those within that system would not step up to ensure the rights of the child. (a) (b) To diminish infant and child mortality; To ensure the provision of necessary medical assistance and health care to all children with emphasis on the development of primary health care;” The UNCRC was adopted by Australia in 1989 and according to its own website is the most widely signed of all United Nations conventions. Grasping the full extent of the continual breaches of this convention begins to sink in when it is read in its entirety. And it's not as if this is not known — every five years a status report is sent to the U.N. that ironically was delivered this year, 2016. In the UNICEF progress report, Alistair Nicholson, chair of Children’s Rights International stated: “This report makes it clear that since the early 1990’s, successive Australian governments have consistently breached the CRC and show every intention of continuing to do so. This is an unacceptable situation and one about which all Australians should be concerned.” Imagine how many children have been affected. The NCPA in their proposal document cite the flow on effects (see p. 9, section 7.1.2) [Backup copy of the NCPA proposal document.] The Commonwealth of Australia ratified the United Nations Convention on The Rights of the child in 1990 and according to its own publicity states that this signing… “means that Australia has a duty to ensure that all children in Australia enjoy the rights set out in the treaty.” “TThe problems cited above result in children being forced under Australian law to live in violent and abusive situations. This leads to children growing up with psychiatric disorders, addiction issues and being unable to make a positive contribution to society. However, it seems that even before the ink was dry and after the self-congratulatory hype and media spin, the Commonwealth of Australia, like so many other nations, turned around and threw the document in the bin! In situations where families separate as a result of domestic violence, violent partners are seeking retribution against the party who initiated the separation. In recent times there has been a spate of women being murdered as a result. TheSovereignVoice.Org