Learn about and receive resources on the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and how it’s implemented in Canada. This workshop will cover the UNCRC’s interaction with various federal and provincial laws (eg. human rights, education, criminal, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms), as well as its place within Canada’s international obligations. We will use an upcoming Charter challenge seeking to lower the voting age in Canada as a case study (complete with a teacher curriculum resource).
Speakers:
- Mary Birdsell, Executive Director, Justice for Children and Youth Legal Clinic
- Jane Stewart, Litigation Lawyer, Justice for Children and Youth Legal Clinic
0:00 - Beginning of webinar
1:46 - Land acknowledgement
3:26 - Panelist introduction
4:46 - Introduction and outline
6:10 - What is JFCY?
9:45 - Children as individual rightsholders
13:09 - Introduction to the UNCRC
14:45 - Contents of the UNCRC
16:06 - History of the UNCRC
19:05 - Fundamental principles of the UNCRC
20:50 - UNCRC best interests of the child
22:58 - UCRC additional provisions
24:08 - What makes the UNCRC special?
25:13 - UNCRC in Canadian law
31:33 - Lowering the voting age debate
32:05 - UNCRC and voting
33:15 - Canada’s Charter and voting
35:12 - History of the franchise
37:03 - History of voting rights
38:09 - Current state of voting rights for children
39:11 - Arguments against lowering voting age
40:51 - Arguments for lowering voting age
42:56 - Children’s rights and voting
43:46 - Research and facts
45:18 - Canada and voting age summary
46:27 - Teenagers’ thoughts on voting age
50:11 - Brain development
52:22 - Rights cards
53:10 - Enforcement of UNCRC
58:09 - Legal framework of child imprisonment and Omar Khadr
1:00:25 - How do courts analyze spanking cases
1:03:22 - Protecting young people from parental abuse and influence
1:06:17 - Conclusion
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OJEN offers special thanks to the Law Foundation of Ontario, whose funding made this webinar series and so many other crucial projects possible.
