Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is a human rights instrument, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 13th December 2006.
Recommendation Rec(2006)1 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the role of national youth councils in youth policy development
Recommendation adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 11 January 2006 calls on member state governments to recognise and support the work of youth councils in contributing to the development of public youth policy.
The Childs Right to be Heard in the Healthcare Setting: Perspectives of children, parents and health professionals
This study presents the experiences of children, parents and health professionals on listening to children in the healthcare setting.
Giving Children a Voice: Investigation of Childrens Experiences of participation in consultation and decision-making in Irish hospitals
The focus of this research was to investigate sick children’s experiences of participation in consultation
Young People’s Views about Opportunities, Barriers and Supports to Recreation and Leisure
This study was commissioned in the context of policy development in the field of young people’s recreation and leisure.
Results Based Management and Children’s Participation: A Guide to Incorporating Child Participation Results into CIDA Programs
Guide developed to help CIDA staff and development partners to incorporate child participation results into CIDA programmes.
Meaningful consent to participate in social research on the part of people under the age of eighteen
This article describes changes in conventions among social scientists undertaking research with children and young people over the last decade
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.
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.
The right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruel and degrading forms of punishment General Comment No 8
The Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international human rights instruments recognize the right of the child to respect for the child’s human dignity and physical integrity and equal protection under the law.