We live in a legal and democratic society, where every person has got his/her rights and licenses. A child is also a human being. In Lithuania children’s rights and due interests protection are taken care and implemented by Children’s Rights Protection Services in local regional municipalities. Only a strong and active institution with a model, supported by cooperation between different institutions as well as enforced legally, can efficiently implement this aim. This master thesis discusses the evolution of the children’s rights protection system, the model and the functions of the Service, the importance of social partners for the Service work, as well as possible influences to the Service work quality and effectiveness, problems encountered by the Service specialists under question. The research covers the problem of improvement of children’s rights protection system and Services work, the particularities of the Service work, legal base and existing drawbacks and advantages. It is also discussed the view of the very children’s protection Service managers, workers, their social partners and clients to the possibilities to improve the Services work. The analysis aims at exploring the respondents’ viewpoint to the Service work, the possibility to separate the Services contradicting functions of social services supply and their administration, as well as necessary means for the creation of services network dedicated to the families at social risk. A... [to full text]

The thesis deals with the essence of the children‘s rights notion and documents consolidating children‘s rights. Some aspects of children‘s rights regulation are defined and analysed in it.. The problems arising in the field of children‘s rights are reviewed in different literature sources and legal acts. Having gone deep into the essence of children‘s rights and contents, it was found out during the research that children were a complex part of human rights‘ system and they had other rights than adults. Nevertheless in practice we encounter quite a number of infringements with respect to children‘s rights. Children are the weakest element. Being physically immature and inexperienced they fully or partially depend on adults , however, in spite of this and referring to their age and maturity they should be presented the possibility of exercising the rights they are provided for by the family, community and state. Therefore further research should be aimed at these issues.