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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
on the topic were also asked of 12-17-year-olds in the Young
Life and Times (YLT) Survey in 1998, and of 16-year-olds in 2007 and 2009.
ARK
Resources
The Online
Research Bank (ORB) contains a bibliography and summaries of social
policy research in Northern Ireland since 1990, which include summaries of the following
research:
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,
consultations
and a section on the UN
Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- The Childline
site has sections for children and young people, and for
adults, including a section
on issues affecting young pople.
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The Children's Rights International 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.
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The National Children's Bureau is a registered charity
that encourages young people to take an interest in conditions
that affect them.
- 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
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