ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL ENSURE OF “THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD” IN THE FIELD OF JUNIOR JUSTICE

Mykola Veselov

doi:10.36690/2674-5216-2020-3-49

Authors

Mykola Veselov National University “Odessa Law Academy”

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36690/2674-5216-2020-3-49

Keywords:

child, children’s rights, best interests of the child, administrative and legal ensure, juvenile justice

Abstract

Today, the concept of “best interests of the child” is recognized as one of the guiding principles of ensuring the rights of children in all spheres of social relations. The object of this study is social relations in juvenile justice as a specific area of children’s rights. The aim of the article is to clarify the meaning of the concept of “best interests of the child” as well as to define the features of administrative and legal provision of this principle in the field of juvenile justice. To achieve this goal, general scientific and special methods of scientific research are used. The author argues that the definition of “best interests of the child” in the field of juvenile justice should only be generally oriented to guaranteeing child’s vital and social needs as a participant in jurisdictional proceedings, taking into account his or her age, biological and social characteristics. Under any circumstances, the list of such interests cannot be exhaustive. In view of the public-service nature of administrative and legal relations, an important role in the current and future ensure of the best interests of the child in any type of jurisdictional proceedings belongs to the administrative and legal means. The priority of attention to administrative and legal means in ensuring the best interests of the child in the field of juvenile justice is due to the wide range and relative universality of administrative and legal regulation, which allows to meet the procedural needs of children within purely jurisdictional proceedings as well as to facilitate other organizational and legal issues of social protection of children.

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Author Biography

Mykola Veselov, National University “Odessa Law Academy”

PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Criminal Law, Kryvyi Rih Faculty, National University “Odessa Law Academy”, Kryvyi Rih-Odessa, Ukraine, e-mail: veselovndl@ukr.net, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3963-2764

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