A representative sample of 8th and 9th Grade Icelandic students responded to the questionnaire on children's rights employed in the cross-national ISPA survey, following full parental consultation. The results showed the Icelandic children considered that rights were important but were more likely to be taken into account at home than at school. Nevertheless, the issue of children's rights was shown to be taken more seriously in Iceland than in any other surveyed country, particularly in schools. These findings are seen to be of potential value with regard to the implementation in Iceland of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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