International practices in the development of administrative legal relations in the field of child protection

Abstract

Ensuring and protecting children’s rights is a priority in building harmonious legal relations in everycivilisedcountry. Thestudyoftheexperienceofdifferent countries regarding the specifics of the development of administrative legal relations in the field of child protection allows analysing the problematic aspects and identifying positive developments that should be adopted and disseminated. The purpose of this study is to investigate administrative legal relations in the area of child rights protection in certain countries of the world. A set of methods was employed, including methods of induction and deduction, analysis and synthesis, comparison and generalisation, etc. The study examined the content of certain provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as the specific features of legal relations existing between the bodies and institutions of the United Nations. The study analysed the specifics of the development of administrative legal relations in the countries of the Anglo-Saxon and Romano-Germanic legal systems. It was emphasised that in each of the countries under consideration, ensuring and protecting children’s rights is a priority for the state. Even though an effective mechanism for ensuring children’s rights has been developed in countries with highly developed economies and legal culture, certain elements of ensuring children’s rights still need to be improved. The legal relations between different state structures for the protection of children’s rights in the United States of America, England, Germany, France, and Romania are investigated and systematised. Based on the study conducted, a classification of the system of development of administrative legal relations in the area under study was proposed. In addition, the similarities and differences in the development of administrative legal relations for the protection of children’s rights in countries with different legal systems, legal cultures, levels of economic development and mentality were generalised, with author’s generalisations and proposals. The proposed scientific study can be used by researchers as a basis for further scientific investigations, by teachers of higher education institutions, as well as by employees of social services for children and representatives of public authorities who influence the development of state policy on the protection of children’s rights