The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) recently released Reform Issue 92, ‘Children and Young People' which examines the current treatment of children and young people in the legal process.

• the rights and life chances of  Indigenous children;
• the changes made to the Family Court and the family law system over the last decade-and the positive outcomes for children and young people in family dispute resolution and legal proceedings;
• the changing legal framework for inter-country adoption;
• the effectiveness of the legal process in protecting children and young people as consumers;
• bullying and violence against young people in the workplace; and
• the legal, social and ethical issues associated with genetic testing of minors.

Reform 92 also explores the progress made by federal Governments since the release of the ALRC's Report and discusses youth participation in the democratic process and the 2020 Youth Summit; legal regulation of the work of children and young people; and children and the law in the Solomon Islands.

Copies of Reform Issue 92, Children and Young People are available for purchase from the Australian Law Reform Commission. Click here to go to Reform subscriptions order information.

The release of this edition of Reform marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of  Seen and Heard: Priority for Children in the Legal Process (ALRC 84, 1997 - click here for more information and to download report). Seen and Heard represented the culmination of a major two-year inquiry exploring how children and young people are treated by Australia's legal system and Australia's international obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.