The European system for the protection of children’s rights: experience for Kazakhstan

Abstract

The protection of childhood is one of the main tasks of the State. Minors, due to the peculiarities of their physical and mental development, are more susceptible to various negative influences than other categories of people, which can become the basis for the development of their personal deviation. Despite the progress made, children’s rights are violated on a daily basis around the world. There are still gaps in the legal protection of children, and there is an even greater gap between law and practice. Children still suffer from violence in the family, in the community, in institutions and in other conditions, face the risk of poverty, trafficking, sexual violence. In this regard, the main purpose of the article is to determine the mechanism for the formation, development and implementation of state policy for the protection of children’s rights and the definition of a model for the protection of children’s rights in the EU and Kazakhstan. As the methodological basis for the article were used: general scientific, comparative, historical method, analysis of the regulatory framework, analysis of statistical data, content analysis of Internet resources, monitoring. The article also identified the main mechanisms for protecting the rights of children in the EU and Kazakhstan, analyzed the activities and role of non-governmental public organizations for the protection of children in the EU and Kazakhstan.