Children’s rights campaigners urged the Government yesterday not to push on with a proposed legal change that they claimed would erode the right of vulnerable youngsters to independent legal represent...
An Opposition MP has accused the Government of a rush to table a Bill in Parliament that “seeks to reduce the level of support for Bermudian children in the court system”.
Scott Pearman, the shadow le...
A social worker is to sue the Government for more than $2.6 million over a failure to pay for her work as an independent advocate for children in court.
Lawyers for Tiffanne Thomas have filed a civil ...
A child welfare campaigner said yesterday that the “heart-wrenching” case of a 15-year-old girl exiled to an overseas institution for three years without any say in the decision highlighted the need f...
Police confirmed yesterday officers have launched an investigation into a report of a sex assault at a children’s home.
A police spokesman said: “The Bermuda Police Service is aware of an incident tha...
An erosion of the right of vulnerable children to have independent legal representation in court would be “yet another attack on the human rights of its citizens by the Government”, the Human Rights C...
The Government is proposing a change to the law aimed at eroding the rights of children to have independent legal representation in court, it has been claimed.
An anonymous source shared with The Roya...
A woman exiled to an overseas institution by the Family Court when she was a child said yesterday she had no say in the decision and suffered “trauma” while abroad.
The woman said: “I was blindsided. ...
Almost 50 vulnerable Bermudian children were sent to overseas institutions in the past five years without their wishes being taken into account by the courts, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Statistics ...
Renovation work at a children’s home appears to have been at a standstill for more than 18 months, with at-risk youngsters housed instead in former administrative offices.
The Youth Development Centre...
