Child Advocacy
Advocating for children to be able to express choice and individuality
Our MISSION
Educating the public on the importance of being responsive to children's individual needs for autonomy and respecting their right to privacy.
Our vision
As a group, we want children to feel heard, be respected by adults and valued as individuals specifically in regards to their rights and beliefs. For society as a whole, we want respect for children's privacy and individual rights. Children should be able to express choice and individuality in their day to day lives
Definitions
Autonomy
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The act or power of making one's own choices or decisions
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The state of being free from the control or power of another
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition)
Privacy
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The state of being free from unwanted or undue intrusion or disturbance in one's private life or affairs; freedom to be left alone
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Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, secret surveillance or unauthorized disclosure of one’s personal data or information, as by a government, corporation, or individual
(Dictionary.com)
The United Nations
Article 12
1. States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child.
2. For this purpose, the child shall in particular be provided the opportunity to be heard in any judicial and administrative proceedings affecting the child, either directly, or through a representative or an appropriate body, in a manner consistent with the procedural rules of national law.
Article 13
1. The child shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of the child's choice​
2. The exercise of this right may be subject to certain restrictions, but these shall only be such as are provided by law and are necessary:
(a) For respect of the rights or reputations of others; or
(b) For the protection of national security or of public order (ordre public), or of public health or morals.