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“Adult First? A Guidebook for Child-Related Professionals and Adults to Learn about Children\u2019s Right to Participation and How to Hear the Voice of Children Clearly”<\/strong> is a guidebook produced by\u00a0the Hong Kong Committee on Children’s Rights (HKCCR) and reprinted in English by Child Rights Coalition Asia (CRC Asia).<\/p>\n

Targeted to professionals dealing with children, the guidebook can be used by\u00a0 lawyers, judges, police officers, medical doctors, and other adults to further understand how to uphold child participation in their everyday work. The publication draws from international standards of child participation, steps, approaches, and real-life stories about child engagement in different settings.<\/p>\n

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