TY - BOOK ED - The Backbone Collective TI - United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: a thematic paper from The Backbone Collective on New Zealand’s Sixth Periodic report to United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child 93rd Session: Simplified Reporting Procedure August 2022 PY - 2022/// PB - The Backbone Collective, KW - CHILD ABUSE KW - CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE KW - CHILDREN'S RIGHTS KW - Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC) KW - COVID-19 KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - FAMILY COURT KW - FAMILY VIOLENCE KW - Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 KW - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE KW - PANDEMICS KW - VICTIM/SURVIVORS' VOICES KW - NEW ZEALAND N2 - This report aims to provide the UN CRC with an understanding of the situation for children affected by FV/SV in Aotearoa. We discuss a range of issues identified by CRC and how practices and decisions of the NZ Family Court (NZFC) result in breaches of these children’s rights. Women and children have reported to Backbone that when they seek the NZFC’s protection, the interventions and decisions place them and their children in more, rather than less, danger. Recommendations are included to effectively uphold children’s right to be free of violence, to have their views respected and their best interests, health and welfare prioritised. The experience of FV/SV in NZ is influenced by gender and culture. Therefore, the impact of NZFC dysfunction and bias is felt heavily and disproportionately by women and in particular wāhine Māori and other women at increased risk of violence such as disabled women. [1] (From the report). Record #7837 UR - https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57d898ef8419c2ef50f63405/t/630e72e18d20a01c33e8a10f/1661891299427/Backbone+Collective+Thematic+paper+UNCROC+review+NZ+August+2022.pdf UR - https://www.occ.org.nz/publications/reports/nz-childrens-commissioners-report-to-the-un-committee-on-the-rights-of-the-child-2022/ ER -