“Adult First? A Guidebook for Child-Related Professionals and Adults to Learn about Children’s Right to Participation and How to Hear the Voice of Children Clearly” is a guidebook produced by the Hong Kong Committee on Children’s Rights (HKCCR) and reprinted in English by Child Rights Coalition Asia (CRC Asia).

Targeted to professionals dealing with children, the guidebook can be used by  lawyers, judges, police officers, medical doctors, and other adults to further understand how to uphold child participation in their everyday work. The publication draws from international standards of child participation, steps, approaches, and real-life stories about child engagement in different settings.

The publication is available for download here.