Podcast with Veronica Yates of the Children’s Rights Information Network
Veronica Yates talks to Children’s Rights Policy Officer about the new Third Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
General Comment No. 17 (2013) on the right of the child to rest, leisure and play
This general comment seeks to highlight the importance of rest, leisure and play for chidren’s well-being and development.
General Comment No.16 (2013) on State obligations regarding the impact of the business sector on childrens rights
This General Comment considers the relationship between State obligations regarding children’s rights and the business sector.
Towards 2016 – Ten-Year Framework Social Partnership Agreement, 2006-2015.
Towards 2016 develops a new framework to address key social challenges, which individuals in Ireland face at each stage of life, including a dedicated section on the needs of children.
Ten Years On: Did the National Childrens Strategy deliver on its promises?
This review, undertaken by the Children’s Rights Alliance, in collaboration with our members, looks back at the ten years of the Strategy and assesses whether it has delivered on its objectives
Developing Childrens Participation: Lessons from a Participatory IT Project
This article describes and analyses the process used by Barnardos in developing and implementing a participatory approach in a children’s IT project in Galway City, Ireland.
Adolescent Friendly Quality Assessment Tools [AFQuATs]
The Adolescent Friendly Quality Assessment Tools [AFQuATs] are designed to provide a method for health service providers and planners to assess the quality of services for young people in relation to adolescent friendly quality standards.
Learning to listen: core principles for the involvement of children and young people
The government wants children and young people to have more opportunities to get involved in the design, provision and evaluation of policies and services that affect them or which they use. Actively involving children will produce better services.
Supporting Interculturalism in Youth Work, Practical Guidelines for doing Intercultural Youth Work
This document responds to Frequently Asked Questions that NYCI receives on the inclusion of cultural and minority ethnic young people and leaders in youth work.
I have rights, you have rights, he/she has rights … An introduction to childrens rights
A list of children’s rights governments must take to help children exercise set out in the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.