Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v25i1.1479
Forgotten Children - Difficulties Related to the Protection of the Rights of Children of Imprisoned Parents
Marijana Majdak
orcid.org/0000-0003-3725-383X
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Studijski centar socijalnog rada
Sažetak
Children of imprisoned parents represent an especially vulnerable group. The paper will display the data about the rights of the children which are guaranteed by law and the difficulties in recognizing and respecting the best interest of the child and the rights of the child whose parents are in prison. Additionally, some examples of the good practice in the world will be displayed.
The rights of the children of imprisoned parents are guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia, Family Law, The Law on Prohibition of Discrimination, Law on Imprisonment and many other documents on the international and the national level. In practice, the rights which are guaranteed to the children by the law are not realized and are often violated. This is happening first of all because of the lack of awareness about these children and the lack of their recognition on the international and regional levels, furthermore because of the lack of knowledge about the implications of parental imprisonment on the child and because of the lack of sensibility among different systems (mostly the prison system) for the needs and rights of children of imprisoned parents.
During the last ten years, some moves and changes have been made with regard to the knowledge about the needs of the children whose parents are in prison, but this is still not enough.
In the end, some suggestions are made on the level of national policy and on the level of different systems and professionals who get in touch with the children of imprisoned parents.
Ključne riječi
children of imprisoned parents; the best interest of the child; national policy; judicial system
Hrčak ID:
197937
URI
Datum izdavanja:
28.3.2018.
Posjeta: 3.131 *