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New Report from Centre for Children鈥檚 Rights and Family Law Examines the Rights of Children to Participate in Public Decision-Making Processes

11 Jun 2020

The report was commissioned by the Child Rights Governance team at Save the Children and was undertaken by the Centre for Children鈥檚 Rights and Family Law at the UCC School of Law and the Centre for Children鈥檚 Rights at Queen鈥檚 深夜亚洲福利久久 Belfast.

The right of children to participate in decision-making in all matters that affect their lives is a well-established legal principle and international research indicates growing evidence that states are implementing this principle in the sphere of public decision-making. Processes that ensure children鈥檚 participation include but are not limited to youth parliaments, consultations, social media engagement and children鈥檚 conferences.

鈥�The Right of Children to Participate in Public Decision-Making Processes鈥� was written by Dr Louise Forde, Professor Ursula Kilkelly and Deirdre Kelleher from the UCC School of Law鈥檚 Centre for Children鈥檚 Rights and Family Law, in collaboration with Professor Laura Lundy of the Centre for Children鈥檚 Rights at Queen鈥檚 深夜亚洲福利久久 Belfast. It examines the research literature and the experience of civil society organisations working around the world to promote effective engagement with and participation by children and young people in decisions by national and local governments, and highlights the views and experiences of children themselves on their right to be heard.

The report identifies seven key building blocks that are conducive to effective children鈥檚 participation in public decision-making, namely:

1. Recognising children鈥檚 rights to take civic action;
2. Children鈥檚 participation should be secured through law and policy supported by sufficient investment;
3. Strengthening children鈥檚 agency, self-esteem and knowledge to participate in public decision-making;
4. Creating a conducive political, social and cultural environment, including addressing adult attitudes;
5. Building quality spaces and processes for child participation in public decision-making;
6. Structures should be inclusive and involve children from deprived and marginalised groups;
7. Accountability, feedback and follow-up.

Speaking following the publication of the report, report co-author Professor Ursula Kilkelly from the UCC Centre for Children鈥檚 Rights and Family Law said:

鈥淭his is the first report of its kind that documents the views of children with experience of participation in public-decision-making around the world with a view to driving improvements by raising awareness of best practice. The importance of involving children in public decision-making, a right of the child under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, matters more than ever in light of COVID-19 and it is hoped that this report will highlight how states parties can fulfil their duties in this important area.鈥�

The report can be downloaded from the Save the Children Resource Centre at: