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Child Participation
Jaap Doek ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-sonnet-5-5This chapter looks at the legal basis for child participation under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It discusses how a child's right to express their views can be put into practice in the family, school, health care, legal proceedings, and the wider community and society. It also covers the challenges that children and others face in doing this. It ends with recommendations for further action to support children's participation in all areas of their lives.
Key points
- The chapter critically assesses the legal foundation of child participation under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- It discusses implementation of the child's right to express views in family, school, health care, legal proceedings, and community and society.
- It discusses challenges children and others face in implementing this right.
- It concludes with recommendations for further actions to promote and support child participation in all areas of life.
Limitations
Only a short abstract is available, so the specific arguments, evidence, and recommendations cannot be assessed. The abstract names no country or region and does not say what type of source the chapter is, for example whether it is peer-reviewed.
Abstract
This chapter starts with a critical assessment of the legal foundation of the concept of child participation from the perspective of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is followed by a discussion of how the right of the child to express her or his views should and could be implemented in the family, school, health care settings, legal proceedings, and in the community and society (public participation) and of the challenges children and others face with this implementation. The chapter concludes with recommendations for further actions that promote and support the participation of children in all areas of their lives.