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Toolkit Outline

Fundamentals

Introduction

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Is this your responsibility?

Legal status of child rights in Canada

Reports on Canada's progress

Implementing child rights in your legal practice

Resources

The System:  Cross-Cutting Themes

Independent Human Rights Institutions

Child Rights Impact Assessments (CRIAs)

The Child:  Cross-Cutting Themes

The Charter and constitutional protection for children in Canada

Life, survival and development

Best interests of the child

Legal representation of children

Child participation

Competence, capacity and consent

Privacy

Indigenous children

Girl child

Freedom from all forms of violence

Legal Areas

Four Steps to Implement Child Rights

Youth Criminal Justice

Child Protection

Cross Border Parental Child Abduction

Education

Family Law

Health

Immigration and Refugee Law

Youth and Civil Justice

Acknowledgements

USER FEEDBACK

USER FEEDBACK

This toolkit has been developed over time by the volunteer work of many legal professionals across the country.  It is “living content” and we welcome comments and suggestions, including potential gaps, for future editions.  Please also alert us to new resources, broken links, etc.

Email: CBAChildYouthLaw@cba.org

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