Challenges of childrens participation A Case Study of active citizenship in Cadle Primary School
their daily lives, like family life and education. Instead the UK government placed the
importance only on the legal requirement of courts and local authorities under the Children
17 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (1995)
18 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (1995)
19 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (1995)
20 Harvey Rachel, ` UK before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child`, ChildRIGHT,
190 (2002), http://www.essex.ac.uk/armedcon/story_id/000043.pdf [accessed 7 April
2014); Children`s Rights and Early Education, ed. By Cathy Nutbrown (London: Paul
chapman Publishing Ltd, 1996), p.4-5.
21 Children`s Rights and Early Education, p.4-5.
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Act 1989 to ascertain children`s views and wishes when making decisions about their
welfare.22 Lansdown cites that providing children a voice only in the point of crisis like the