Download or read book The Child as Citizen written by Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's rights consist of finding a delicate balance between protection & autonomy. Based on existing international conventions, the Council of Europe recommends a greater participation on the part of tomorrow's adults in those decisions which affect them: within the family, at school & before the courts. In her foreword, Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of UNICEF, ranks the protection of children among the top political priorities of states & stresses Europe's vanguard role with regard to the rest of the world.