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Children's summit on the Constitution: A call for children's rights in the Constitution - Report
Justice for Children Trust
August 04, 2009

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1.0. Introduction

Justice for Children Trust (JCT) organized a Children's Summit on the 4th of August 2009, which was attended by three hundred and twenty two (322) high school students from Harare, Chinhoyi, Chegutu and Bindura, teachers, officials from the Ministry of Education, the two co-chairpersons of the Parliamentary Select Committee, Honourables Mangwana and Mwonzora, the Deputy Minister of Education, the Deputy Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs and JCT stakeholders and partners. JCT had realised that children did not have adequate platforms to present their concerns which they would want to be considered in the constitution making process. The Children's Summit was therefore held to create a forum for children to present their views to the co-chairpersons of the Select Committee and stakeholders. This report outlines the summit objectives, the speeches that were presented, the children's views, their questions to the parliamentary select committee on the constitution and proposals for the constitution and the constitution making process. The workshop facilitators were Mr Mazula, the Deputy Director in the Ministry of Education Sports & Culture and Princess Alice Sibanda, a former JCT club member.

2.0. Objectives of the children's summit

• To build the capacity of children on what a constitution is, why their rights should be in the constitution and the constitutional making process.
• To give children an opportunity to articulate their concerns and views in respect of the constitutional making process.
• To come up with a list of children's rights that should be included in the constitution.
• To lobby policy makers to include and prioritize children's rights and responsibilities in the constitution.

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