Should governments be above the law? (Record no. 1725)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | accs |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20161204092231.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 050330s2015 000 0 eng d |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | BCACCS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Blackstock, Cindy |
| 9 (RLIN) | 825 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Should governments be above the law? |
| Medium | [citation] |
| Remainder of title | the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on First Nations Child Welfare |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2015 |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Many child welfare statutes protect children when caregivers jeopardise their safety and best interests, but what if the risk is sourced in government child welfare policy or practice? Instead of including provisions to hold governments accountable for placing children in harm's way, governments and their agents are largely protected against any systemic maltreatment claims made against them. This paper describes a precedent-setting case before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal attempting to hold the Canadian federal government accountable for its systemic failure to ensure that First Nations children are protected from maltreatment linked to inequitable federal child welfare funding on reserves. The case is a rare example using an independent judicial mechanism with the authority to make binding orders against the government and enveloping the proceedings in a public education and engagement movement. Implications of the case for child rights in Canada and abroad are discussed. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Child welfare |
| Geographic subdivision | Canada |
| 9 (RLIN) | 93 |
| 773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY | |
| Title | Children Australia |
| Related parts | Vol. 40, no. 2 (June 2015), pp. 95-103 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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| ARTICLE | Journal Article |
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