中国儿童参与权状况及其法律保障

Child’s Right of Participation and the Legal Guarantee thereof in China

儿童的参与权是确保儿童的各项权利能够真正得到实现的一项具有基本价值的权利。承认儿童的参与权也就意味着承认儿童是拥有权利的积极主体,承认儿童是儿童问题的专家。承认儿童的参与权也意味着对家长制作风的否定。中国儿童的参与权状况在近些年有了很大改善,但是,除非有系统的法律保障,儿童的参与权意识很难短时间内在大众的心里扎根,儿童也很难在影响他们自身利益的事务中发挥应有的作用。

The right of participation is of fundamental values to guarantee the realization of the other rights of child. It recognizes that child is the subject who has the rights of his/er own and child is also expert of his/er own issues. Recognizing the child＇s right of participation means to challenge the paternalist. Chinese children have gained more and more opportunities to express their views in all matters affecting themselves in recent years, but the awareness of the child＇s right of participation is still hard to be rooted in the hearts of aduhs unless this right is systematically safeguarded by law.