National Children’s Commissioner - Youth Justice and Child Wellbeing Reform Across Australia – June 2023

As YACSA is a state-based peak body, this submission will primarily feature information from SA and focus on youth justice and related systems within the State. In the past, SA Governments have led reforms for youth justice. However, the reforms prioritised a populist ‘law-and-order’ focused response over obligation to adhere to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (‘Beijing Rules’).