The Committee on the Rights of the Child has sent a list of questions to the Australian Government in the lead up to the Government's sitting with the Committee in May 2012.

In early October a delegation of Australian NGOs met with the Committee before this document was developed. It was a really successful meeting. In particular, it was the first time the Committee heard directly from children and young people in Australia.

One of the questions posed by the UN Committee to Australian Government relates to the imprisonment of children in adult jails in Queensland. The committee has specifically asked the Australian Government to outline:

b) Measures to ensure that children in a detention situation are accommodated in child-appropriate facilities that are separated from adult detainees.