The Library
A comprehensive collection of national and international good practice, policy, legal and academic publications, reports and resources on children and young people’s participation in decision-making.
‘A school for children with rights’ UNICEF Innocenti Lecture
This lecture examines the significance of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child for modern education policy. Articles 28 and 29 of the Convention, which aims pertain to education rights, are analysed against the four guiding principles.
Conceptualizing the role of adults within youth-adult partnerships: An example from practice
This paper conceptualizes the specific roles that adults provide and the complex interactions between youth and adults that emerge within youth participation efforts.
‘Aims of education’ General Comment No. 1
Compliance with the values recognized in article 29 (1) of the UNCRC, which sets down the aims of education, clearly requires that schools be child-friendly in the fullest sense of the term and that they be consistent in all respects.
‘Children’s Participation in the Decision-Making Process During Hospitalisation: an observational study’
Twenty-four children (aged 5 months to 18 years) who were admitted to a university hospital were observed for a total of 135 hours with the aim of describing their degree of participation in decisions concerning their own care.
The Adolescent Perspective on Participation in Treatment Decision Making: A Pilot Study
The purpose of this study was to determine whether 3 adolescents diagnosed with cancer within the previous 3 to 6 months and between 13 and 15 years of age were capable of providing data directly regarding decision making.
‘Children’s participation in consultations and decision-making at health service level: A review of the literature’
This paper critiques the research literature from between 1993 and 2007 on children’s, parents and healthcare professionals’ experiences of children’s participation in consultations and decision-making within the Irish healthcare setting.
‘Participation and health – a research review of child participation in planning and decision-making’
The purpose of this study is to review the research evidence for effects, positive or negative, of participation on health outcomes for children in care. A scoping review of major health and social work research databases was undertaken.
Adolescent friendly health services: an agenda for change
This report documents effective ways to promote young people’s meaningful participation in receiving health care services and/or basic information as a person in their own right and in a non-judgemental manner within a global context.
Its Our Brexit Too: Childrens Rights, Childrens Voices
This is a report on the views, hopes and fears of young people, North and South, and is the outcome of a unique cross-border conference
‘Adolescent health and development in the context of the CRC’ General Comment No. 4
This General Comment outlines the right of young people to express views freely and have them duly taken into account (art. 12) which is fundamental in realising adolescents’ right to health and development.
