The document discusses children's rights and participation in peacebuilding efforts. It outlines how armed conflict severely impacts children, and that their meaningful participation is important for peace processes. Case studies from Uganda show that when given opportunities, children and youth can contribute significantly to peace through activities like clubs, cultural events, publications, and sports. International guidelines stress including children's voices and protecting their rights in peace agreements and political processes.

1. UNOY Summer school 2009 Children’s rights at stake: participation of children and young people in peacebuilding

4. 1. Impact on children and young people

9. Northern Uganda conflict: Impact on Children’s rights

18. How do children and young people contribute to peace? What could you think of?

23. Categories of Children’s rights Survival Rights : - rights to life, and needs basic to a child’s existence Development Rights : - things children need to achieve their full potential Protection Rights : safeguards children are entitled to against all forms of neglect, abuse, exploitation Participation Rights: rights that allow children to take part in affairs that affect their lives Accountability : rights that allow children to know that their rights are being fulfilled

25. Participation: life cycle Systematic and structural oppression based on the dominant ideology . From the moment we are born, ideology influences all the institutions we come into contact with. (E.g. violence or non-participation) As adults, we build up a set of generalized beliefs. Based on these interpretations, we DISCRIMINATE when we act out these beliefs. They are then passed on to the next generation. (Do not recognize participation as a key social value thus it is not transmitted to the next or current generation) As young people, we look around us and see many things happening that replicate our personal experiences, giving rise to STEREOTYPES through practicing of adult behaviors and discriminatory behaviour by adults (practicing of peer violence/humiliation etc. and non- participation of children in family, schools, community etc. As children we experience the world through social institutions – our individual personal experience gives rise to PREJUDICE through practicing of adult behaviors (E.g. violent/aggressive means seen as methods to resolve conflict or similarly lack of child participation in families/communities/etc.) As old people, we tend to reinforce the same stereotypes and bias behaviors back into the society Individual acts create and maintain

26. A rights based development approach

27. make decisions in which children’s best interests are a primary consideration ensure the survival and development to maximum extent possible avoid discrimination that threatens the realisation of rights consider children’s informed views and opinions in decision making ACCOUNTABILITY Survival And Development Best interests Non-discrimination Participation CRC /CRP Principles

28. “ Three Pillars” Programming Practical Actions on Violations and Gaps in Provision Strengthening Structures and Mechanisms Building Constituencies of support CHILD RIGHTS SITUATION ANALYSIS

30. Activities by children and young people

32. 3. Case Uganda: Participation - How do children and young people contribute to peace?

33. War Child in Uganda, examples of children and young people’s contributions to peace

36. Inter-parish (village) sport tournaments Performing 4 Peace ICT 4 Peace