UN report delivers scathing assessment of Australia's youth justice system
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The United Nations has delivered a scathing assessment of Australia's youth justice system, accusing federal and state authorities of violating international obligations and harming Indigenous children in particular. A report released by the UN's Special Rapporteurs on Torture, and on Indigenous rights, says indigenous children continue to be jailed in disproportionate numbers, and suffer undue harm from laws and policies on youth crime and detention. It singles out Queensland's bill on "adult time for adult crimes" that would see adult penalties applied to children for a wide range of offences. Guest: Alice Edwards, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Producer: Anne Barker
