ABSTRACT
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) resonates as a guiding force for realizing children's rights in the governance processes of human communities. Despite expressing good will towards the UN Convention and its ambitions, most signatory nations have not translated its principles into their domestic legislation, nor used it as a basis for changing policy or practice in any domain of children's lives. So the CRC continues to be an inspiring, aspirational stand-alone document with tremendous potential to influence social directions, but remains poorly implemented at this point in time. The built environment represents a universally relevant platform that has a profound impact on all human lives. It also provides the stage on which they demonstrate social values, beliefs and characteristics. Children and young people represent two of the most impressionable groups for whom decisions about the built environment can have the greatest impact.
