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An advocate\u2019s reflections on campaigning within a child-rights framework<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lilly Carson has been interning with the Global Campaign to End Child Detention since September 2017. She manages the Campaign\u2019s social media accounts and assists with campaigning. Lilly is from Melbourne, Australia, and has a Masters of International Relations from the University of Melbourne. One day Lilly hopes to work in a role supporting the development and implementation of policies that uphold the human rights of all migrants and internally displaced people.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_cta h2=”PART 3: IT’S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE TO ‘LAST RESORT’ LANGUAGE” txt_align=”center” color=”pink”][\/vc_cta][vc_column_text]As an International Relations graduate and self-professed global governance nerd, the most exciting thing about working on this campaign has been seeing change in action. <\/span><\/p>\n

At uni, I wrote painfully academic essays on the relevance of NGOs as agents of civic education and read theories about the power of normative condemnation. Although this kind of reading and writing is my cup of my tea, I\u2019ll admit that it\u2019s a little abstract. <\/span><\/p>\n

Being part of this movement has turned what was once abstract into something concrete. The Global Campaign to End Child Detention is great example of how activists can turn theory into action.<\/span><\/p>\n

In its first six years, the Campaign worked tirelessly to build a movement and raise public awareness of child immigration detention. The mission was to persuade the general public and the international legal community of the Campaign position<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Immigration detention is never<\/em> in the best interest of the child and will always<\/em> constitute a child rights violation.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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When viewed through the lens of our Campaign position, there is a clear tension between Article 3 and Article 37 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”ARTICLE 3: In all actions concerning children, the best interest of the child shall be the primary consideration.” color=”orange” size=”lg” align=”left”][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”ARTICLE 4: The arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be used only as a measure of last resort” color=”orange” size=”lg” align=”left”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]If child immigration detention is never in the best interests of the child, then why, according to Article 37, can it still be used as a \u2018last resort\u2019?<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2012, the Committee on the Rights of the Child held a general discussion about <\/span>the rights of children in the context of migration<\/span><\/a>. During the event, the Campaign held a special presentation to highlight the experience of administratively detained children around the world. Entitled <\/span>\u2018Hear Our Voices,\u2019<\/span><\/a> the presentation was the culmination of a week-long workshop in which six formerly detained children shared stories of their detention with over 25 State parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, five key UN agencies, and 120 participants.<\/span><\/p>\n

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