#19 "Vulnerability", rights, and the need to see and hear children and young people - with Liana Buchanan, Commissioner CCYP

<p>I am recording this from the sovereign lands of the Wurundjeri people. First Nations people have been custodians of this land for tens of thousands of years. Colonisation is a process that law and regulation have been deeply complicit in, taking land, sea, children and lives. I want to acknowledge that despite that, 60 000 years of wisdom continues, and so too does non-Aboriginal Australia&rsquo;s obligations to take a daily personal responsibility to do support reconciliation. Part of that responsibility is to advocate for the rights of First Nations families, parents and children.</p> <p>Today I speak with Liana Buchanan, the Commissioner from the Commission for Children and Young People &ndash; CCYP for short. Liana has a rich history working in human rights across community legal centres, human rights agencies and in reviewing and giving oversight to correctional settings. The CCYP has a really broad mandate that we&rsquo;ll talk to, but as the name suggests, it is to give voice to the rights and interests of children and young people. Today we spoke about what the CCYP does, how they approach oversight of services such as &nbsp;child-protection, and what this role means within the context of ongoing colonisation faced by First Nations people. We discuss the importance of lived experience to regulatory oversight work, something that I think should be built into many regulators.</p> <p>Shownotes:</p> <p>UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Child-Friendly Version):&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ccyp.wa.gov.au/media/1216/poster-united-nations-january-2008.pdf">https://www.ccyp.wa.gov.au/media/1216/poster-united-nations-january-2008.pdf</a></p> <p>CCYP's regulatory approach to the Child Safe Standards and Reportable Conduct Scheme:&nbsp;<a href="https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/about-us/our-regulatory-approach/#:~:text=The%20Commission's%20approach%20to%20regulation%20and%20working%20with%20organisations.&amp;text=Our%20Regulatory%20Approach%20provides%20organisations,can%20expect%20from%20the%20Commission">https: