The Children's Parliament: explore the right to participation

Learn more about the different children's rights linked to the right to participation by exploring the children's parliament

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As an introduction to the activity, scan the QR code on the panel and listen together with the group of participants to the audio story.

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Then, explore the different rights linked to the right to participation in the bottom right corner of the panel. It's useful to have the children's rights overview panel at hand to check the different icons.

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Try to find for each right a situation where the specific right is respected and where it is violated.

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Discuss with the players the specific situations and why it's linked to the right to participation.

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The game ends when all the rights linked to participation are discussed.

Extra game information

The 'Children's Parliament' poster is the overview poster for the right to participation. The posters show a multitude of situations in the parliament building. Outside of the parliament, people are demonstrating. The text balloons show additional situations linked to the right of participation. The QR code on the panel links to an audio story that gives a good introduction to start the conversation on the right to participation with your target group.


The rights linked to participation are the following:

Art. 7 – Name and nationality | Art. 8 - Identity | Art. 12 – Respect for children’s view | Art. 13 – Sharing thoughts freely | Art. 14 – Freedom of thought and religion | Art. 15 – Setting up or joining groups | Art. 17 – Access to information | Art. 28 – Access to education | Art. 29 – Aims of education | Art. 30 – Minority culture, language and religion | Art. 31 – Rest, play, culture, arts | Art. 42 – Everyone must know children’s rights


All children's rights icons used on the posters are created by UNICEF for their child-friendly version of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Variations

Ask the children to make a drawing about the right to participation and what it means to them.

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