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A submission by Childwatch International Research Network to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Day of General Discussion September 2006

The theme of the Day of General Discussion of the UN Comittee on the Rights of the Child 2006 is the child's right to be heard. The three Childwatch related research groups  working on issues of participation have submitted recommendations to the General Comment. Download the Childwatch submission

Submission by Childwatch International Research Network to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Day of General Discussion September 2006

List of Participants:

List of institutions involved in research projects on participation
supported by Childwatch International Research Network

Asia Pacific Study Group on Children’s Participation
- China Youth and Children Research Centre, Beijing, China
- National Education Research and Evaluation Centre, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
- National Institute for Child and Family Development, Mahidol University, Thailand
- Social Justice and Social Change Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, Australia
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India
Children’s perspectives on citizenship and nation-building
- Centre for Children and Young People, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia
- Child and Youth Training Programme, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
- Child Research Unit, Al-Quds University, Palestine
- Children’s Issues Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- International Centre for Research and Policy on Childhood (CIESPI), Pontifícia Universidade
Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Norwegian Centre for Child Research (NOSEB), Norwegian University of Technology and Science,
Trondheim, Norway
Making Child and Youth Participation Count
- The International Center for Education and Human Development (CINDE), Colombia
- Children’s Environments Research Centre, Graduate School of the City University of New York,
USA

Contact Information:

Childwatch International Research Network
University of Oslo
P.O.Box 1132, Blindern
0318 Oslo, Norway
Phone: +47 22 85 43 50; Fax: +47 22 85 50 28; e-mail: childwatch@uio.no

 

Tags: ["participation", "children's rights"] By Childwatch International Research Network
Published Sep. 29, 2008 11:41 AM - Last modified Apr. 17, 2013 3:55 PM