Abstracts
Abstract
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child creates an express obligation on State parties to take into consideration the views and opinions of children and youth in matters that affect them. State parties, children’s rights advocates, scholars, and non-profits have all recognized the importance of the right to participation, and have undertaken many different approaches to ensure the authenticity of the experience for children and young people. The following note details some of the accepted principles for meaningful youth engagement, and reflects back on the experience of the Youth Rapporteur Programme at the 2015 edition of the International Summer Course on the Rights of the Child.
Keywords:
- youth,
- principles of engagement,
- children’s rights,
- Summer Course on the Rights of the Child,
- United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child,
- right to participation
Résumé
La Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant des Nations Unies impose à tous les États parties l’obligation immédiate d’obtenir l’avis des enfants sur les questions qui les concernent. Les États parties, les défenseurs des droits de l’enfant, les experts et les organisations à but non lucratif ont tous reconnu l’importance du droit à la participation et ont déployé beaucoup d’effort afin de rendre l’expérience encore plus authentique pour les enfants et les jeunes. Le prochain ouvrage fourni des informations détaillées sur certains principes acceptés pour l’engagement concret des jeunes et passe en revue l’expérience du programme de rapporteur jeunesse lors du Cours d’été international relatif aux droits de l’enfant 2015.
Mots-clés :
- jeunesse,
- principes d’engagement,
- droits de l’enfant,
- Cours d’été relatif aux droits de l’enfant,
- Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant des Nations Unies,
- droits à la participation
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