translate English to French: 6142) on behalf of the Assembly's Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, reflects a very comprehensive view of children's rights and was characterised by two main developments. 39. First, marking a clear shift in the debate over the legal competence of children, the Assembly declared that "… in addition to the right to be protected, children have rights which they can exercise independently, even against opposing adults" (Paragraph 5).
D'autres pas en avant ont été faits avec l'adoption par l'Assemblée parlementaire, le 1er février 1990, de la Recommandation 1121 relative aux droits de l'enfant. Cette recommandation, qui s'inspire du rapport révolutionnaire de Mme Ekman (Doc.