We are so very pleased to be able to offer you practical and pretty clothing, accessories, jewelry and office items at reasonable rates. Proceeds from sales support programs for children and teens in Canada and the United States who at risk of bullying and physical or emotional harm in their environment.
Most recently, in a ruling in the Yukon Supreme Court in Canada, Madam Justice Donna Martinson ignited a metaphorical fire in the legal system by stating: "In my respectful view all children in Canada have legal rights to be heard in all matters affecting them, including custody cases. Decisions should not be made without ensuring that those legal rights have been considered. These legal rights are based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, (“the Convention”), and Canadian domestic law." Madam Justice D. Martinson, YKSC B.J.G. v. D.L.G., 2010 YKSC 44.
There has been a very destructive and negative trend in the Canadian and American Family Courts over the past two decades, in particular, wherein children have erroneously been removed from the care of a caring, intelligent parent and placed in the custody of an abusive parent or guardian.
This trend has caused immeasurable harm to children and families all over the continent and it has got to stop.
Thankfully, righteous judges, legal professionals, members of the law enforcement and child welfare communities have gotten together over the past 4 years in Canada and reviewed the Family Law system in Canada, and most recently, in British Columbia, on the West Coast.
Madam Justice Donna Martinson has been the courageous pioneer in this very necessary and overdue trek into what Moms and Dads already know as common sense: children and youth have a right to be consulted in all matters that concern them and that decisions should not be made without considering their views.
Preceding this new positive trend, our children and families have been thrown to the "mercy" of lawyers and so-called "court expert witnesses" who have picked at our bones and those of our children, leaving us ragged, impoverished and so very sad.
We now have a new law in British Columbia, called Bill 16, the Family Law Act of B.C. wherein it is declared that the views of children and their best interests and protection from harm is paramount.
The Attorney General of British Columbia believes that this law will take up to a year to implement.
I wonder how many more children and families will be traumatized in Court in the meantime?
No, my Dears, I have decided, along with my respected colleagues that the time is ALWAYS NOW to implement and ensure the legal and human rights of children and youth.
I thank you, from my heart and from the hearts of my esteemed colleagues and our Board of Directors, for your support as we journey this glorious path together. God Bless you all.
Lee Strong
President
The Views of the Child Society
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
www.viewsofthechild.org
leestrong@viewsofthechild.org
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Kudos to Madam Justice Donna Martinson. There should be more Judges like her. I have been in Law Enforcement for over 20 year, and I will say that this bill is long overdue.
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ReplyDeleteMore than 50 people have been arrested and 16 child victims identified in a two-year investigation of a global child pornography ring, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
Known as Operation Nest Egg, the investigation focused on a password-protected Internet bulletin board group that traded pornographic images of children.
"This investigation produced one of the largest number of conspirators charged in a single advertising and distribution case," U.S. Attorney Tim Morrison said. "The fact that four at-large defendants remain identified only by their screen names attests to the great obstacles law enforcement had to overcome."
Court documents say 26 people have been charged as co-conspirators because they were administrators of the online group. Of those, 22 have been arrested and 19 convicted.
At its peak, the group had more than 1,000 members trading millions of sexually explicit images. U.S. officials took the website down in 2008, Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve DeBrota said.
The investigation was revealed Wednesday as defendant Edward Oedewaldt, 47, appeared in federal court in Indianapolis.
DeBrota said the government is trying to extradite several suspects from overseas, including the group's leader, Delwin Savigar, who is serving a 14-year prison term in Great Britain. He was convicted this year of sexually assaulting three teenage girls.
Some of the group members sexually abused children and produced images of the abuse, the government alleges.
Despite such efforts, the Obama administration is not committing enough funds to the fight against child pornography, says Grier Weeks of the National Association to Protect Children. "We're floundering," he says.