This Position Brief sets out the Commissioner’s Commissioner’s approach to participation and engagement in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) says children and young people have a right to have a say on all issues that affect them and for their views to be taken seriously.
By improving our children and young people’s participation in decisions that impact on them we can strengthen our democratic institutions and structures and build a strong state for the future of all children and young
people.