The right to be properly researched: research with children in a messy, real world
Editorial from a Special Issue of Children’s Geographies on developing rights-based methodolgies.
Children and young people in care Discover your rights!
This publication aims to promote knowledge on the care system in a child-friendly manner, including a child’s rights as a young person in care and how to effectively communicate with professionals in order to empower the child.
Keepin’ it Real: A Resource for Involving Young People in Decision-making
Youth participation is a central feature of successful youth programming and effective policy-making. It is an important part of the development of citizenship and youth development.
Stereotyping of Young People Resource Pack
This research highlighted a widespread stereotyping of young people in a range of arenas. The research concluded that the young people interviewed saw their institutional relationships with adults as for the most part unequal, troubled and rooted in stereotypical ideas about their attributes and abilities.
A Handbook of Children and Young People’s Participation: Perspectives from Theory and Practice
A Handbook of Children and Young People’s Participation brings together key thinkers and practitioners from diverse contexts across the globe to provide an authoritative overview of contemporary theory and practice around children’s participation.
The Right of the Child to be Heard’ General Comment No. 12
General Comment No. 12 on the right of the child to be heard provides practical guidance for States parties on the full and effective implementation of Article 12. The General Comment presents a legal analysis of the two paragraphs of Article 12.
Teenage Mental Health: What Helps and What Hurts? Report on the Outcome of Consultations with Teenagers on Mental Health
This report discusses the developing policies and services that meet the needs of young people through engaging directly with them.
The Right of Children to be Heard: Children’s Right to have their Views Taken into Account and to Participate in Legal and Administrative Proceedings
The paper addresses the right of children to be heard in any judicial or administrative proceeding affecting them. It introduces the subject based on examples from the laws and practices of 52 countries around the world, shedding further light on a topic.
Taking and Using the Images of Children and Young People in the Arts Sector
Compiled by the Arts Council in collaboration with the arts sector and the Health Service Executive.