Peaceful Melbourne Candlelight Vigil for #DonDaleKids

Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - 19:00

Wednesday, August 3

Peaceful Melbourne Candlelight Vigil for #DonDaleKids
7 PM

Parliament of Victoria
Spring Street, City.

ALL WELCOME - PEACEFUL CALL FOR CHANGE

The Don Dale Kids need the widest possible expression of public support. This event will coincide with the vigil outside the Don Dale detention centre in Darwin and other places around the country, because it is vital that this issue is kept alive until there is a satisfactory resolution to the abuses and torture of our children in detention.

Tomorrow night - Please gather on Parliament steps at 7pm to protest inhumane treatment of all children in detention by the Australian Government witihin Australia and at offshore detention facilities.

Chaired by Les Thomas, SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA, Kulin Stolen Generation.

With Wurundjeri elder Aunty Diane Kerr. More information TBA.

Supported by Amnesty International Australia, Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia, and a growing list of indigenous and human rights organisations

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INVITATION TO VICTORIANS TO GATHER IN SOLIDARITY FOR THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ALL CHILDREN

Article 37: Rights of the Child States Parties shall ensure that:
(a) No child shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Neither capital punishment nor life imprisonment without possibility of release shall be imposed for offences committed by persons below eighteen years of age;
(b) No child shall be deprived of his or her liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily. The arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be in conformity with the law and shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time;
(c) Every child deprived of liberty shall be treated with humanity and respect for the inherent dignity of the human person, and in a manner which takes into account the needs of persons of his or her age. In particular, every child deprived of liberty shall be separated from adults unless it is considered in the child's best interest not to do so and shall have the right to maintain contact with his or her family through correspondence and visits, save in exceptional circumstances;
(d) Every child deprived of his or her liberty shall have the right to prompt access to legal and other appropriate assistance, as well as the right to challenge the legality of the deprivation of his or her liberty before a court or other competent, independent and impartial authority, and to a prompt decision on any such action.