Indigenous Children's Right to Participate in Law and Policy Development

This book presents a model for reforming and developing Indigenous related legislation and policy, not only in Australia, but also in other jurisdictions. The model provides guidance about how to seek, listen to and respond to the voices of Indigenous children and young people.

Holly Doel-Mackaway is a Senior Lecturer at the Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, Sydney.

1. Demanding Aboriginal Children's Rights 2. The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Children's Participation 3. Rethinking Childhood and Children's Participation 4. Aboriginal Children and Young People's Views about the Northern Territory Intervention 5. Aboriginal Children and Young People's Views about Participating in Law and Policy Development 6. A Model for Indigenous Children and Young People's Participation in Public Decision-Making 7. Advancing Participation: Involvement not Intervention