Provisions on Principles for Organizing Children’s Forums
According to Article 3 of Circular 29/2019/TT-BLDTBXH, the principles for organizing children's forums are stipulated as follows:
- For the best interests of children.
- Participation of children is voluntary.
- Provide full information to children with appropriate content, form, and measures.
- Create a safe, friendly, and equal environment without discrimination, retaliation, or stigma when children express or do not express their opinions.
- Ensure the confidentiality of personal and private life of children participating in the children's forum.
- Children participating in the children's forum must ensure representation structure for regions, ethnicities, ages, genders, religions, and children in special circumstances.
- Activities of the children's forum must be appropriate to the age, gender, ethnicity, circumstances, maturity level, and development of children.
- Messages, opinions, recommendations, wishes, and questions from children must be respected, listened to, collected, and fully, promptly, objectively, and truthfully responded to by agencies, organizations, or individuals, and used for the right purposes.
The editorial board informs you.
