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This chapter discusses children’s rights in relation to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It will explore articles 3 and 12 of the convention specifically, and discuss how these articles are more divisible than indivisible in child protection matters. The subsequent impact of these articles on FGC and the role of advocacy for young people in terms of supporting either a ‘best interest’s’ or ‘wishes and feelings’ focus is also examined.
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Fox, D. (2018). Children’s Rights. In: Family Group Conferencing with Children and Young People. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71492-9_5
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