Rights of the Child Resources

Questions on Rights of the Child were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) survey in 1998 and 2002.
Questions were also asked of 16 year olds in the Young Life and Times (YLT) survey in 2007 and 2009.

ARK Resources

Young people's rights and their sense of belonging (Research Update 102) by Dirk Schubotz is based on data from the Young Life and Times survey.

Links

• The Office of the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People was set up by The Commissioner for Children and Young People (Northern Ireland) Order 2003. The principal aim is to safeguard and promote the rights and best interests of children and young persons. The NICCY site includes publications and resources.
• The Childline site has sections for children and young people, and for adults, including a section on issues affecting young pople.
  
• The Children's House site from Norway has a floor devoted to Children's Rights
  
• The Child Rights Information Network contains information on the rights of children with disabilities, child labour laws, and the rights of children in armed conflict.
  
• To learn more about the composition and effects of various illegal drugs, try the FRANK website. This site is part of the government's public campaign, and is aimed at 11-21 year olds and their parents.
  
• The National Children's Bureau is a registered charity that encourages young people to take an interest in conditions that affect them.
  
• The UNICEF site contains a section on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
  
• Children are unbeatable! campaigns for children to have the same legal protection against being hit as adults and promotes positive, non-violent discipline.

Maintained by Paula Devine