The National Principles for Child Safe Organisations have been finalised following sector wide consultation from 2017 – 2018.

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Australia ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1990. Under the Convention, children and young people, like adults, possess human rights. They also have the right to special protection because of their vulnerability to exploitation and abuse. Under the Convention, a child is defined as every human being below eighteen years of age.

A wide range of organisations work with children and young people throughout Australia. These may be small and community based, such as a sports club or playgroup where families and community members contribute voluntarily, through to more highly organised structures like schools, hospitals and churches. These may also be businesses or organisations employing staff and/or volunteers providing services to and working with children and young people, and which may work across state boundaries.

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