Seen and heard: priority for children in the legal process (ALRC 84)
This inquiry into the way children and young people are treated by the legal system and legal processes began on 28 August 1995. This was a joint inquiry conducted by the ALRC in conjunction with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC).
Two Issues Papers, Speaking for Ourselves: Children and the Legal Process - Kids Issues Paper (IP 17) and Speaking for Ourselves: Children and the Legal Process (IP 18), were released in 1996.
A Draft Recommendations Paper, A Matter of Priority: Children and the Legal Process (DRP 3) was published in 1977.
The inquiry was completed with the tabling of the final report, Seen and Heard: Priority for Children in the Legal Process (ALRC 84) on 19 November 1997.
There has been partial implementation of the recommendations in ALRC 84.