A last resort? Teaching Resources Homepage

Teaching Notes and Activities:

• B-D-A: Reading A last resort?
  - the Summary Guide to the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
• Getting to know the Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Useful Links and Resources
• Download the Resources

Useful links and Resources

The following sites have a lot of useful information on the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other important issues facing children around the world.

• HREOC’s National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention website: www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention
• Background papers on the Inquiry can be found at: www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/
  background.html
• The full text of the Convention on the Rights of the Child – can be accessed on the UNICEF website at: www.unicef.org/crc/fulltext.htm
• Submissions to the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention: www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/
  submissions/
• Transcripts of hearings held by the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention: www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/
  dates.html
• Psychological Well Being of Child and Adolescent Refugee and Asylum Seekers: Overview of Major Research Findings of the Past Ten Years: www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/
  psy_review.htm
• Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs website: www.dimia.gov.au
• Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs website: www.minister.immi.gov.au
• Refugee Review Tribunal website: www.rrt.gov.au
• The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees website: www.unhcr.ch
• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights website: www.unhchr.ch
• Amnesty Australia website: www.amnesty.org.au
• Refugee Council of Australia website: www.refugeecouncil.org.au
• Rural Australians for Refugees website: www.ruralaustraliansforrefugees.org
• Children out of Detention website: www.chilout.org
• Unicef website at: http://www.unicef.org/
• The Global Movement for Children website at: http://www.gmfc.org/
• Voices of Youth Website at: http://www.unicef.org/voy/
• Children’s Rights Information Network website at: http://www.crin.org/
• Human Rights Watch Website at: http://www.hrw.org/children/
• United Nations Cyber School Bus website at: http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.html
• BBC World Service –Children’s Rights website at:
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/childrensrights/index.shtml