Estonian Children’s Perceptions Of Rights: Implications For Societies In Transition

Limber, Susan P.; Kask, Vahur; Heidmets, Mati; Kaufman, Natalie Hevener; Melton, Gary B.

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“…In particular, research on children's and young people's orientations and experience about their rights can provide valuable information for policy-makers to define "structures and procedures for the implementation of children's rights in a manner that is most protective of children's dignity" (Melton, Limber, 1992: 168) and to persuade children that they do enjoy some distinctive rights. Until children develop this awareness and believe that their rights shall be implemented, they will be unlikely to exercise them (Limber et al, 1999). If young people do not know and understand their rights, children's rights may be only nominal: "A child may have the right to be free from abuse, but in the absence of understanding of what that right means or how to exercise it, may not be able to prevent parental abuse" (Covell, Howe, 1996: 252).…”

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Children’s Right to Be Heard: What Children Think

Bosisio

2012

Int J Child Rights

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This article analyses the implementation in Italy of the children's right to be heard in judicial and administrative proceedings and investigates children's point of view about this right. The article is organized in two sections. In the first I present an overview of Italian law on children's hearing in legal proceedings in the civil law context, and the opinion of legal professionals about child's hearing. In the second I present some findings of a research aiming at identifying children's perceptions and opinions on the right to be listened to if their parents decide to separate.

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Children’s Right to Be Heard: What Children Think

Bosisio

2012

Int J Child Rights

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“…Leino and Lahelma (2002) also warn of the dangers of constructing and labeling 'problem children' rather than identifying and responding to the array of social pressures that they experience. Limber, Kask, Heidmets, Kaufman and Melton (1999) further identify the need for Children's Rights to be explicitly outlined in legislation, with Child Protection as a key component.…”

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Beyond words: dance and movement sessions with young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in Estonia

Goodgame

2007

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“…An example of recent research that attempts to foster this congruence is found in two studies conducted in Estonia. Limber, Kask, Heidmets, Kaufman, and Melton (1999) interviewed young people about their concepts of rights (and who possesses them), while Toots and Idnum (in press) examined patterns of national, ethnic, and cosmopolitan feelings among 14‐year‐olds (contrasting the Estonian youth with counterparts in Latvia and the Russian Federation). Each team of researchers wanted to establish a basis for educational programs to enhance civic engagement, the practice of participatory human rights, and respect for the rights of others.…”

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Fostering young people’s support for participatory human rights through their developmental niches.

Torney‐Purta¹,

Barber²

2011

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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The last 6 decades of empirical research on civic engagement among young people living in democracies and of the recognition of international human rights have seen the achievement of many milestones. This article focuses on some connections between these 2 areas and examines the ways in which everyday settings such as neighborhoods and the schools that exist within them can foster support for human rights (especially the practice of participatory rights) among adolescents. Secondary analysis of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement Civic Education (CIVED) Study (data collected in 1999 from nationally representative samples of 14-year-olds in 28 countries) is presented. A cluster analysis of 12 attitudinal scales in 5 countries sharing the Western European tradition (Australia, England, Finland, Sweden, and the United States) is presented. A new conceptual model is also introduced, a modification of Super and Harkness's Developmental Niche. This model frames an analysis unpacking some findings from the CIVED Study and focusing on the everyday experiences and neighborhood niches for the development of participatory human rights. The larger message is that research on social justice attitudes among young people is a valuable form of social advocacy and action.

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Estonian Children’s Perceptions Of Rights: Implications For Societies In Transition

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Children’s Right to Be Heard: What Children Think

Children’s Right to Be Heard: What Children Think

Beyond words: dance and movement sessions with young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in Estonia

Fostering young people’s support for participatory human rights through their developmental niches.

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