CFL Lecture: 'The Lundy Model of Child Participation: space, voice, audience and influence for young people in decision making when parents separate'

Location: Faculty of Law, LG19 (The Arthur Goodhart Lecture Theatre) and online

Speakers: Professor Laura Lundy (Queen’s University Belfast), Professor Anne Barlow (University of Exeter) & Dr Jan Ewing (University of Cambridge)

When parents separate, children have the right to a voice in the decision-making per their article 12, UNCRC rights. However, evidence shows that this right is rarely upheld in England and Wales.

Professor Lundy has developed the ‘Lundy Model of Child Participation’ (‘the Lundy Model’), a core set of rights-based principles to ensure young people can participate meaningfully in decision-making. The model is core to the Irish National Framework on Child and Youth Participation. It has been adopted internationally, by the European Commission, World Health Organisation, World Vision and UNICEF.

Professor Lundy will present the Lundy Model and Professor Barlow and Dr Ewing will present the findings of empirical research from the Wellcome Trust Centre-funded, ‘HeaRT Project’ to consider the extent to which child-inclusive mediation as currently practised in England and Wales is compliant with their article 12 rights and the mental health and well-being benefits to young people when they are given space, voice, audience and influence per the Lundy Model in child-inclusive mediation.

The lecture is at 5:15-6:45pm in LG19, followed by a drinks reception in the Faculty atrium.

A full programme for the event is available to download (updated 4 March).

If you have any questions, please get in touch with Jan Ewing (je277@cam.ac.uk).

This is a hybrid event. Registration is required whether attending in-person or online:

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