Constitutional principles of protection of family rights and interests of the child in civil proceedings

Liudmyla Tokarchuk; Olga Pereverzyeva; Nataliia Volkova; Inna Yanitska; Mykola Bodnaruk

doi:10.34069/AI/2022.49.01.7

Liudmyla Tokarchuk I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9691-148X
Olga Pereverzyeva National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4857-6469
Nataliia Volkova National University «Odesa Law Academy», Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4346-1862
Inna Yanitska National University «Odesa Law Academy» (Ukraine). https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4729-9076
Mykola Bodnaruk Yuri Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University (Ukraine). https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7386-465X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.49.01.7

Keywords: constitutional principles, civil proceedings, the best interests of the child, child, family rights and interests.

Abstract

In today's society, paradigms and models of child-rearing, values, and opportunities of parents, competent authorities, and the court to ensure the rights of the child are changing. Most states have identified the protection of family rights and interests of the child, the avoidance of violence against the child, the prohibition of bullying, etc. among the priority areas of state policy. It is important to analyze the constitutional principles of protection of family rights and the concept “the best interests of the child” in civil proceedings, because it is the court that the legislator has the broadest powers in this area, compared to other jurisdictions. The work aims to study the guiding constitutional principles based on which the court can protect the family rights and interests of the child. The research methodology consists of general theoretical and special scientific methods, namely: hermeneutic, system-structural, structural-functional, historical-legal, comparative-legal, and formal-logical. As a result of the study, the mechanisms of the best possible protection of children's rights by the courts were analyzed. An analysis of current case law, including the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, concluded that today courts and other competent bodies pay considerable attention to analyzing "how a child will be better" and make informed decisions and, if necessary, correct previous mistakes.

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Author Biographies

Liudmyla Tokarchuk, I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University, Ukraine.

Doctor of Legal Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Law of I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University, Ukraine.

Olga Pereverzyeva, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Ph.D, Senior Researcher of the Department of International Law and Comparative Law of the Institute of State and Law of V.M. Koretsky, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Nataliia Volkova, National University «Odesa Law Academy», Ukraine.

Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Department of Civil Procedure of National University «Odesa Law Academy», Ukraine.

Inna Yanitska, National University «Odesa Law Academy» (Ukraine).

Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Department of Civil Procedure of National University «Odesa Law Academy» (Ukraine).

Mykola Bodnaruk, Yuri Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University (Ukraine).

Doctor of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Private Law, Yuri Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University (Ukraine).

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