Can the Child Speak? Possibilities of Direct Communication with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

This present article has the objective to analyze the child’s active subjectivity under the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. In this, it will be discussed the position of the child’s subalternity as a subject in the society, based on Gayatri Spivak´s theoretical view and some other authors t...

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Autores: Petry Veronese, Josiane Rose, Mendes Muniz Falcão, Wanda Helena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Anuario Mexicano de Derecho Internacional
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/13323
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/derecho-internacional/article/view/13323
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:international law of human rights
active subjectivity
child’s rights
United Nations (UN)
subalternity
derecho internacional de los derechos humanos
subjetividad activa
derechos del niño
Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU)
subalternidad
droit international des droits de l’homme
subjectivité active
droits de l’enfant
Organisation des Nations Unies (ONU)
subalternité
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Sumario:This present article has the objective to analyze the child’s active subjectivity under the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. In this, it will be discussed the position of the child’s subalternity as a subject in the society, based on Gayatri Spivak´s theoretical view and some other authors that brings out a debate of the subject´s constitution, seeking to further the principle of “voice and participation”. Therefore, mechanisms and activities from team works and Committee sessions will be presented related to new possibilities in the advent of the “Optional Protocol of 2014”. In this respect, discussions will be addressed related to international law and the children’s rights in the international and universal system of protection of human rights.