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Children as citizens: the public policy challenge
August 2009
Type: Speech
Topic: Child Protection, Children in Care, Youth Justice
Speech by Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan at the Merriman Summer School
In an orphanage in Warsaw in the early part of the twentieth century a man named Janusz Korczak, a paediatric doctor, created an environment for children that recognised their dignity, their capacity and above all their ability to make a significant and constructive contribution when given the opportunity and support to do so.
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- 21 August 2009
- Type: Speech
- Topic: Child Protection, Children in Care, Youth Justice