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Participatory rights for children and young people

Children and young people have the potential capacity to participate in decision-making processes. They have unique perspectives on their lives.

Children and young people have a right to:

  • have a say about what is important to them
  • be listened to
  • be treated with respect
  • be provided with information about how they will be involved in decision making
  • be given information in a language they understand and a format that is appropriate to them
  • participate in a way that suits them
  • be given clear objectives and limits for decision making
  • be prepared for what will happen in a decision-making process and who will be there
  • be given time and space so they can say what they mean
  • have a support person with them in a decision-making process, such as a relative or worker they trust
  • be given feedback about what will happen with the information they provide
  • provide their own feedback on the decision-making process
  • refuse to participate or withdraw from a process at any time
  • benefit from their participation.
Contact us

P: 02 9248 0970

E: acyp@acyp.nsw.gov.au

Street address

NSW Advocate for Children and Young People

Ground Floor, 219-241 Cleveland Street, Strawberry Hills NSW 2012

 

Mailing address

NSW Advocate for Children and Young People

Locked Bag 5000, PARRAMATTA NSW 2124

 

The Advocate for Children and Young People is under the DCJ ABN 36 433 875 185.

Media

P: 02 9248 0943 or 0439 346 249

E: media@acyp.nsw.gov.au
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We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the First Nations Peoples of NSW and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and future.

 

Informed by lessons of the past, ACYP is improving how we work with Aboriginal people and communities. We listen and learn from the knowledge, strength and resilience of Stolen Generations Survivors, Aboriginal Elders and Aboriginal communities.