CHAPTER 2 STUDY PROCESS AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Location Time Event Prague, Czech Republic September 2017 Detention of Children in Social Welfare Institutions Warsaw, Poland October 2017 OSCE Human Dimension Seminar on the Rights of the Child Brussels, Belgium November 2017 EU Forum on the Rights of the Child Bangkok, Thailand May 2018 Regional Consultation for South East Asia Paris, France May 2018 High Level Event at the World Congress on Juvenile Justice Addis Ababa, Ethiopia May 2018 Regional Consultation for the African Continent Pretoria, South Africa July 2018 Thematic Consultation on Deprivation of Liberty of Children in Institutions Belgrade, Serbia September 2018 National Consultation with Serbian Institutions New York, United States October 2018 National Consultation with US-based NGOs Montevideo, Uruguay October 2018 Regional Consultation for the Mercosur Region Tunis, Tunisia November 2018 Regional Consultation for the Arabicspeaking MENA Region Montego Bay, Jamaica December 2018 Regional consultation for parts of the Caribbean Region 3.5 Engaging Children’s Views and Experiences in the Global Study As mandated by the UNGA Child Rights Resolution of 2014 (§ 52.d), the Study process should include ‘consultation with relevant stakeholders, including […] children’. In this regard, the Global Study benefitted from experiences and lessons learned from previous UN study processes, such as the 2006 UN Study on Violence against Children. Unfortunately, due to financial constraints, the Global Study was not able to invite children to all consultations. Nevertheless, led by renowned child participation experts and NGOs, the views and experiences of 274 children and adolescents (204 male; 70 female) between the ages of 10 and 24 from 22 different States were gathered in order to inform the Study. The findings are detailed in the chapter entitled ‘Child Participation’. 30