association with designated terrorist groups. It may also include violence, recruitment or exploitation by terrorist organizations.128 When there is such a risk, there should be an individual assessment of determination on whether a child’s return would serve their best interests (see chapter 4 on repatriation).129 1.2.4 Respect for the Child’s Views 73. Taking the views of the child into consideration in decisions affecting them, including for their rehabilitation and reintegration, is likely to render such decisions more acceptable to the child and thus more effective. Allowing every child the right to express his or her views, commensurate with age and capacity, and having them taken into account by decision-makers is another principle under the Convention.130 In accordance with their age and maturity, children should be provided with the opportunity to express their views in any judicial or administrative proceeding affecting them.131 When assessing a child’s best interests, the child must also be given an opportunity to freely express his or her views and due weight must be given to such views.132 Young children should be included in decision-making processes in a manner consistent with their evolving capacities. 74. States should be particularly attentive to the views of children affected by armed conflict and terrorism, including by the foreign fighter phenomenon, as they may have been subjected to situations of violence. Such situations may have led to fewer opportunities for their voices to be heard or for them to develop capacities to articulate their voices.133 Children outside of their country of origin or children without documents to prove their nationality face vulnerabilities that further limit their opportunities or abilities to have their voices heard.134 It is critical that during all stages of assessment, including the securing of their release and reintegration, such children be given the opportunity to actively participate.135 The Security Council has also called upon Member States, United Nations entities and other parties to ensure that the views of children are considered in programming activities throughout the conflict cycle.136 Concretely, this means using age and gender-sensitive interview techniques to assess children’s views and then ensuring that those views are given due weight in decisions affecting them. It also means ensuring that children are provided with age-appropriate information on alternatives and their consequences to ensure their views are informed and freely given. 128 Committee on the Rights of the Child, general comment No. 6 (2005), paras.26-28. 129 Ibid. 130 Committee on the Rights of the Child, general comment No. 12 (2009) on the right of the child to be heard, para. 2. 131 Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), art. 12; General Assembly resolution 40/33 (1985), Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules). 132 Committee on the Rights of the Child, general comment No. 14 (2013), para. 43. See also the Paris Principles (2007), para. 3.14. 34. 133 Committee on the Rights of the Child, general comment No. 12 (2009), para. 118. 134 Ibid., para. 123. 135 The Paris Principles (2007), 3.14. 136 Security Council resolution 2427 (2018), para. 23.