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Hong Kong: Hello, Can You Hear Me? Implementing Article 12 of the UNCRC in the Hong Kong Legal Setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2023

Robin Fretwell Wilson
Affiliation:
University of Illinois
June Carbone
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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Cet article est un extrait de la recherche menée pour le Comité des droits de l’enfant de Hong Kong (HKCCR) qui examine la mise en œuvre à Hong Kong du droit des enfants d’être entendus dans les procédures les concernant, garanti par l’article 12 de la CIDE. Alors que les recherches commandées par le HKCCR s’é tendent à de multiples domaines, de l’éducation et la santé à l’élaboration de politiques constitutionnelles, ainsi qu’aux loisirs et à la culture notamment, cet article propose une analyse critique de la manière dont la voix des enfants est entendue dans le cadre juridique existant à Hong Kong. Les résultats de la recherche laissent penser que, bien que la législation relative au droit de l’enfant d’être entendu en vigueur à Hong Kong soit à bien des égards meilleure que dans d’autres États dont la législation a été examinée dans l’étude de la HKCCR, l’avis de des enfants est au mieux consultatif et, au pire, n’existe que dans les textes et non dans la pratique. Après avoir identifié les éléments qui font obstacle à une meilleure participation des enfants, cet article propose des recommandations afin d’améliorer la situation.

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This chapter will present the findings of research into how Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) has been implemented in Hong Kong’s legal sector. This research is part of a wider project commissioned by the Hong Kong Committee on Children’s Rights (HKCCR), a non-governmental organisation originally formed in 1992 to promote, advance and ensure the rights of the child in Hong Kong. The aim of the wider project was to establish an independent baseline study of the implementation of Article 12 across all relevant sectors in Hong Kong, from constitutional and high-level policy-making to health and education to matters of leisure, culture and built environment, amongst others.

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Publisher: Intersentia
Print publication year: 2022

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