The Role for Defence Counsel to Ensure Judges Consider the

States Parties recognize the right of every child alleged as, accused of, or recognized as having infringed the penal law to be treated in a manner consistent with the promotion of the child’s sense of dignity and worth, which reinforces the child’s respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of others and which takes into account the child’s age and the desirability of promoting the chi. [...] The Preamble to the Act notes that Canada is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. [...] There is no formula for computing the extent to which collateral consequences will impact the determination Another indicator of the importance of considering the interests of children when making a compassionate and humanitarian decision is the ratification [page861] by Canada of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the recognition of the importance of children's rights and the best int. [...] The rights of children and the best interests of the child are guiding principles within the CRC that need to be always respected in judicial or administrative proceedings which affect the child; and it is obvious that the sentencing of a parent is a judicial proceeding which will impact a child in immeasurable ways. [...] A court may order a report to be prepared by a probation officer to assist the court in imposing sentence.32 The contents of a report may be established by provincial regulation or specified by the court.33 Although the content of a report is generally the limited to an assessment of the offender’s background and prospects34, there is nothing to prevent a court requesting information about the imp.