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Unicef and Victor Pineda Foundation, Child-Friendly Text UN Disability Convention, (13 September 2007)
Available at
http://www.unicef.org/Child_friendly_CRPD.pdf
(last accessed 2 March 2014).
This is a child friendly explanation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The explanation is text heavy with no illustrations or pictures.
Save the Children Sweden, These are Your Rights, (2009)
Available at
http://srsg.violenceagainstchildren.org/sites/default/files/documents/these_are_your_rights.pdf
(last accessed 2 March 2014).
This booklet is a simply illustrated and child friendly guide to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
NICCY, UNCRC Resources
available at
http://www.niccy.org/childrensrights/uncrcresources
(last accessed 6 February 2015).
This page provides training resources designed to teach children and young people about their rights. The materials include activities and resources.
Nancy Flowers, Compasito-manual on human rights education for children, European Youth Centre Budapest, (November 2007)
available at
http://www.eycb.coe.int/compasito/chapter_6/pdf/1.pdf
(last accessed 18 December 2014).
Contains the UDHR, CRC and European Convention of Human Rights in Child Friendly format along with a human rights terms glossary in the appendices.
Council of Europe, Children and young people in care- Discover your rights (November 2009)
available at
http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/children/ChildrenInCare/C&YP%20IN%20CARE-ANGLAIS(web).pdf
(accessed last 30 October 2014).
This booklet is written with children and young people in mind and goes over the general care proceedings (decision-making phase, care-taking phase and leaving care). It states the rights children have at each stage as derived from the Convention on the Rights of the Child and explains how children can participate in the proceedings.
Child Rights Connect, Speak Up For Your Rights, OP3 CRC
available at
http://www.childrightsconnect.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/OP3_CF_Leaflet__En_FINAL.pdf
(last accessed 18 December 2014).
This child friendly pamphlet gives information on what the CRC is and how children can use the CRC to advocate for their rights and the rights of other children in their country.
See also
Cafcass, How it looks to Me,(April 2013)
Available at
http://www.cafcass.gov.uk/media/126885/impact_tool_april_2013.pdf
(last accessed 4 March 2015).
This booklet is a child friendly example of how to collect socio-demographic information from children.