What is the meaning of section 3(1) of the Youth Rights and Freedoms Act?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. H. (S.L.), 2003 SKPC 10 (CanLII):
Section 3 of the Act sets out certain principles that underlie the Act. These principles are to be given substantive effect, R v. T.(V.)(1992), 1992 CanLII 88 (SCC), 12C.R. (4th) 133 (S.C.C.). The principles that are particularly pertinent to this case are set out in s. 3(1) and read as follows: (e) young persons have rights and freedoms in their own right, including those stated in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms or in the Canadian Bill of Rights, and in particular a right to be heard in the course of, and to participate in, the processes that lead to decisions that affect them, and young persons should have special guarantees of their rights and freedoms... and (g) young persons have the right, in every instance where they have rights or freedoms that may be affected by this Act, to be informed as to what those rights and freedoms are...
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