Child Participation

	About NCPCR			The NCPCR believes that child participation is integral to addressing child rights. Therefore the Commission facilitates children’s participation to enable children to access their rights and entitlements. The Rules of the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005 under Rule 17(e) and (d) mandates that the Commission: Ensures that the work of the Commission is directly informed by the views of children in order to reflect their priorities and perspectives Promotes, respects and seriously considers the views of children in its work and in that of all government departments and organisations dealing with children The Commission’s functioning is also informed by Article 12 of the United Nations Child Rights Charter indicating that, "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”. Children are active stakeholders in defining and deconstructing their problems and addressing their vulnerabilities. The Commission encourages child participation in each one of its interventions. For example, during it's state visits, the Commission emphasises the need to listen to children in public hearings. When children feel shy and need greater privacy, the Commission has maintained a space for children to speak with confidence and comfort. There is a response in contacting such children and after conducting an enquiry, the matter is settled in the best interest of the child, while, at the same time, the institutions are dealt with firmly. In its interaction with children who have taken the courage to bring to the notice of the Commission matters regarding violation of their rights, it has been found that they have been patient, tolerant and even magnanimous. They have shown a sense of justice and amicability, despite the adversities they have faced. While the Commission honours complaints from children with utmost seriousness, children have also shown remarkable maturity in utilising the Commission’s space as their own.
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	Constitution of India Article 39 (f): Children shall be given opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity and that childhood and youth shall be protected against moral and material abandonment Article 47: The State shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties and, in particular, the State shall endeavor to bring about prohibition of the consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to health.