77th MEETING OF
THE DIRECTING COUNCIL OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE
May 13-15, 2002
Montevideo, Uruguay
RECOMMENDATION ON THE
RIGHT OF CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE
THE
DIRECTING COUNCIL,
CONSIDERING:
- That Articles 12, 13, 14, and 16 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child enshrine the inalienable right of children to participate in matters concerning them;
- That, in view of the objectives of the Inter-American Children’s Institute (IIN), it is considered vital to hear and consider the views of children and adolescents in determining lines of research and in defining solutions to be adopted in the areas of child, adolescent, and family issues;
RECOMMENDS:
- To
suggest the Inter-American Children’s Institute to create mechanisms
to give effectiveness to the guarantee of participation by children in
the different authorities with responsibility for them.
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To suggest the IIN to ensure that the views expressed by children via such mechanisms as may be created in keeping with the preceding operative paragraph be taken into account, both in determining lines of research to be conducted and in such solutions as may be adopted in its areas of competence