Primary Voices – Equality, Diversity and Childhood in Irish Primary Schools
This publication examines key social justice issues related to the inclusion and recognition of difference in the primary school.
The rights of children living in residential institutions’ Recommendation Rec(2005)5 (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 16 March 2005
The rights of children living in residential institutions’ Recommendation Rec(2005)5 (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 16 March 2005
Children’s Participation in Family Law Proceedings Research
A research project to explore how children’s rights are respected in law across the different countries who are members of the ChildWatch International Research Group
Childrens participation from tokenism to citizenship
A nation is democratic to the extent that its citizens are involved, particularly at the community level. The confidence and competence to be involved must be gradually acquired through practice.
Voice is not enough: conceptualising article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
This article provides a children’s rights critique of the concept of ‘pupil voice’. The analysis is founded on Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which gives children the right to have their views given due weight.
Promoting the participation of children in decisions that affect them, Recommendation 1864
Recommendation by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to Member States, encouraging them to promote participation by children in decisions affecting them.
The role of independent human rights institutions, General Comment No. 2
General Comment published by the Committee on the Rights of the Child to encourage States parties to establish an independent human rights institution for the promotion and monitoring of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
General Measures of Implementation, General Comment No. 5
This General Comment outlines the general measures States parties must take to secure the full and effective implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.