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LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

of November 19, 1993 No. 2570-XII

About the child's rights

(as amended on 13-02-2025)

The most important political, social and economic task of the Republic of Belarus is the comprehensive guaranteed protection by the state and society of the childhood, family and motherhood present and future generations.

This Law is based on the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, the Convention of the United Nations on the rights of the child of 1989, determines legal status of the child as independent subject and is aimed at providing his physical, moral and spiritual health, forming of national consciousness on the basis of universal values of world civilization. Special care and social protection are guaranteed to children with features of psychophysical development, and also to children, temporarily or constantly deprived of the family environment or appeared in other adverse conditions and emergency situations.

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. Legal basis of regulation of the rights of the child

The legal basis of regulation of the rights of the child in the Republic of Belarus is constituted by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, the international agreements of the Republic of Belarus, this Law and other acts of the legislation regulating procedure and sales terms of the rights and legitimate interests of the child.

For the purposes of this Law the child is understood as physical person before achievement of age of eighteen years (age of majority) by it if under the law it did not acquire civil capacity to act in full earlier.

Legal regulation of the rights and obligations of the child is performed taking into account age of the child and his capacity to act.

Restriction of the rights and freedoms of the child is allowed only in the cases provided by the law for the benefit of homeland security, public order, protection of morality, health of the population, the rights and freedoms of other persons.

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