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Law on Fundamentals of Protection of the Rights of the Child

Title (original language): Lietuvos Respublikos Vaiko Teisių Apsaugos Pagrindų Įstatymas

"The purpose of this law is to ensure the implementation, protection and protection of the child's rights and freedoms, to strengthen the responsibility and opportunities of parents and other representatives of the child in accordance with the law to take care of the child, to ensure the child's interests, to establish the foundations for the organization of assistance to the child and the family or other representatives of the child in accordance with the law, taking into account the Lithuanian The provisions of the Constitution of the Republic, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, its optional protocols and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Child, define mechanisms for ensuring and protecting children's rights, the institutions of the child rights protection system, the legal bases of their activities and the general provisions of responsibility for violations of children's rights.
(Source: Article 1, Purpose of the Law).

Entities responsible for implementation: Government of the Republic of Lithuania / Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės and Office of the Ombudsperson of Child's Rights / Vaiko teisių apsaugos kontrolieriaus įstaigą.

Status: Implemented | Implementation period start: 1996 | Implementation period finish: Ongoing
Record created: 01 March 2024
  • Lithuania

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  • National: national law
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
  • children, parental, parental control, policy, protection
Title (original language): Lietuvos Respublikos Vaiko Teisių Apsaugos Pagrindų Įstatymas

"The purpose of this law is to ensure the implementation, protection and protection of the child's rights and freedoms, to strengthen the responsibility and opportunities of parents and other representatives of the child in accordance with the law to take care of the child, to ensure the child's interests, to establish the foundations for the organization of assistance to the child and the family or other representatives of the child in accordance with the law, taking into account the Lithuanian The provisions of the Constitution of the Republic, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, its optional protocols and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Child, define mechanisms for ensuring and protecting children's rights, the institutions of the child rights protection system, the legal bases of their activities and the general provisions of responsibility for violations of children's rights.
(Source: Article 1, Purpose of the Law).

Entities responsible for implementation: Government of the Republic of Lithuania / Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės and Office of the Ombudsperson of Child's Rights / Vaiko teisių apsaugos kontrolieriaus įstaigą.

Status: Implemented | Implementation period start: 1996 | Implementation period finish: Ongoing
Record created: 01 March 2024
  • Lithuania

  • Go to document source
  • National: national law
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
  • children, parental, parental control, policy, protection
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