Amendment does not provide relief for dysfunctional families

It’s easy to get lost in the details of the current amendment.

In my view, this amendment is more about providing a route, via the courts, to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC or UN Convention), than providing relief for dysfunctional families, important though that is.

The UN Convention has already, apparently legally, been ratified by the Government, without reservation, in 1992. It was never put to the people.