Freedom of speech in schools and the right to participation: When the First Amendment encounters the Convention on the Rights of the Child

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Abstract

The article explores the contours of children's right to participation in Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Topics include the types of student speech schools should protect and the types they should not, children's controversial expressions in schools, and educative policies for coping with those expressions.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)421-452
Number of pages32
JournalBrigham Young University Education & Law Journal
Volume2015
Issue number2
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2015

Keywords

  • FREEDOM of speech
  • CHILDREN'S rights
  • LEGAL status of children
  • EDUCATION policy
  • CONVENTION on the Rights of the Child (1989)

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