Bruno VanobbergenFlemishChildren’sRightsCommissioner (Belgium)ENOC, 2012

Medicalisation and labeling of children and youngpeople

Startingpoints

• Alarmingstatistics• UN Committeeon the

Rights of the Child (2010) – ConcludingObservations

• Lack of voices of children and youngpeople

Participation?

• Participative research (individualtalks, focus groups, workshops)

• Twodocumentaries (includingself made movies)

• Policyrecommendations• Educationalmaterialsfor

teacher training

What is important?• Documentarieswork

– Convincing without beingtooemotional

– Privacy!• Collaborationwithrelatedorga

nisations– Actingtogether,

speakingindependently• Children’srights as a starting

point fordialogue• Children’srights and business

principles