New Brunswick
Kelly Lamrock
LLB, KC
Child and Youth Advocate
Office of the Child and Youth Advocate
www.cyanb.ca/en/
Mandate
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All children have the right to an adequate standard of living.
Art. 27, Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Child and Youth Advocate has a mandate to:
- Ensure that the rights and interests of children and youths are protected;
- Ensure that the views of children and youths are heard and considered in appropriate forums where those views might not otherwise be advanced;
- Ensure that children and youths have access to services and that complaints that children and youths might have about those services receive appropriate attention;
- Provide information and advice to the government, government agencies and communities about the availability, effectiveness, responsiveness, and relevance of services to children and youths; and
- Act as an advocate for the rights and interests of children and youths generally.
Services
Provision of services includes:
- Education and Outreach
- Advice to Government
- Individual Case Advocacy
- Systemic Case Advocacy
- Investigations
- Empowering Youth Voices