Drawing on research across a range of disciplines the Children’s Rights, Marginalisation and Participation special interest group will consider the barriers to inclusion and participation, focusing on structural inequalities (class, ‘race’, ‘identity’, gender, sexuality, disability, age) addressing identifiable inadequacies in service provision.  A rights-based approach, incorporating economic and social rights, civil and political rights, will be adopted to establish child-friendly, inclusive mechanisms ensuring children’s voices are heard in all settings: rights’ implementation strategies and policies; health care and welfare; family life and looked after children; education, play and leisure; civil rights and freedoms; community safety and policing; youth justice and child custody.