Speech on right to survival
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First, may I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet,
the Ngunnawal people, and pay my respects to their elders, both past and
present.
I am honoured to have been invited by Save the Children Australia to give the
2010 Rights of the Child lecture. Save the Children provides an inspiration for
all who work to promote and protect children’s rights in Australia. For
nearly a century Save the Children has worked to create a world in which every
child has a healthy and safe childhood, the opportunity to learn and a voice to
speak for themselves.
This world will be realised if we work together to ensure that
children’s fundamental human rights are respected, promoted and protected.
Children have a very special place in our society because of their
vulnerability and their special needs for protection. We are acutely aware of
what children must be protected from: for example from neglect and from abuse.
However realising a world in which every child reaches their full potential
requires more than ensuring these kinds of basic protections. It requires
concrete actions to ensure that we live up to our positive obligation to ensure
respect for every child’s fundamental human rights.
Too often we fail in our responsibilities toward vulnerable children and
young people in Australia. Homeless young people are one group who bear the
burden of our inaction. I find it shocking that 12% of Australia’s
homeless people are under 12 years of
age.[1] And that in Australia, 22 000
young people between the ages of 12 and 18, almost enough to fill the seats of
Canberra Stadium, will be homeless tonight. [2]
These figures are simply not acceptable in a wealthy country such as ours. We
have a responsibility to these children, and to others, to ask what actions we
must take in order to give every child in Australia the best possible chance in
life.
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Explanation:
First, may I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet,
the Ngunnawal people, and pay my respects to their elders, both past and
present.
I am honoured to have been invited by Save the Children Australia to give the
2010 Rights of the Child lecture. Save the Children provides an inspiration for
all who work to promote and protect children’s rights in Australia. For
nearly a century Save the Children has worked to create a world in which every
child has a healthy and safe childhood, the opportunity to learn and a voice to
speak for themselves.
This world will be realised if we work together to ensure that
children’s fundamental human rights are respected, promoted and protected.