Rights of the Child

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE
Course titleRights of the Child
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Number of ECTS credits4
Lecturerprof.dr.sc. Branka Rešetar
Office AddressRadićeva 13 58/13
Telephone+385 31 224 558
e-mailbranka.resetar@pravos.hr
Lecturerizv.prof.dr.sc. Nataša Lucić
Office AddressRadićeva 13 55/13
Telephone+385 31 224 555
e-mailnatasa.lucic@pravos.hr
Associate Matko Guštin
Office AddressRadićeva 13 66/13
Telephone+385 31 224 566
e-mailmatko.gustin@pravos.hr
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course content

The child in the historical-theoretical context (the child in the Roman legal tradition, the child in the social teaching of the Church, the child as a holder of rights); Constitutional protection of children (Constitutional protection of children's rights); Legal capacity and legal responsibility of the child (About legal capacity, delict and testamentary capacity of the child, The right of the child patient to informed consent); Procedural position of the child in the family and civil procedural law (Procedural position of the child and representation of the child in court proceedings, Principle of hearing parties in family proceedings); Child in international and European law (Child in private international law, Child in European Union law); Convention on the Rights of the Child and individual rights from the Convention.

Course learning outcomes

Define the legal position of the child in the Roman legal tradition and legal theory, Explain the significance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and enumerate and explain individual rights of the child, Explain the legal foundations and standards of constitutional protection of children, Describe and explain the legal, delict and testamentary capacity of the child, as well as the child patient's right to informed consent, Define and analyze the legal position of the child in private international law and the law of the European Union,

TEACHING METHODS
☑ Lectures
☑ Seminars and workshops
☐ Exercises
☐ Independent tasks
☐ Multimedia and internet
☐ Distance education
☐ Office hours
☐ Laboratory
☐ Field work
☐ Mentoring work
☐ Knowledge test
EXAMINATION PROCEDURE
☑ Oral exam
☑ Written exam
☑ Colloquium
Other:
ADDITIONAL FACTS
Students are required to attend at least 70% of the classes, take part in the discussion and write a seminar paper.
LIST OF LITERATURE FOR STUDIES AND EXAMS
Required reading
Rešetar, B. Komentar Obiteljskog zakona (Knjiga I.), str. 327-368.. 2022. Organizator d.o.o.
. UN Konvencija o pravima djeteta. 1989. Službeni list SFRJ - Međunarodni ugovori, br. 15/90, Narodne novine - Međunarodni ugovori, br. 12/93, 20/97, 4/98, 13/98
Rešetar, B. Prava djece s invaliditetom - prava djece s poteškoćama mentalnog zdravlja. 2017. Socijalna psihijatrija, god. 45, br. 1, str. 4-15
Rešetar, B. Pravo djeteta na zdravlje - obveze roditelja i službi zdravstvene zaštite u zaštitu djetetova zdravlja. 2021. Liječničke novine, god. 21, br. 196, 2/2021, str. 81-83.
Rešetar, B. Dijete pacijent i informirani pristanak na medicinske postupke. 2018. Liječničke novine, god. 18, br. 175, 12/2018, str. 104-107
Optional reading
Hrabar, D. (ur.). Prava djece - multidisciplinarni pristup (drugo neizmijenjeno izdanje) (odabrani dijelovi). 2021. Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Rešetar, B.; Aras Kramar, S.; Lucić, N.; Medić, I.; Šago, D.; Tucak, I.; Mioč, P. Suvremeno obiteljsko pravo i postupak (odabrani dijelovi). 2017. Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku
Rešetar, B. (ur.). Dijete i pravo (odabrani dijelovi). 2009. Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku
Rešetar, B.; Aras, S. (ur.). Represivne mjere za zaštitu osobnih prava i dobrobiti djeteta - interdisciplinarni, komparativni i međunarodni osvrti. 2014. Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku
Rešetar, B. (ur.). Pravna zaštita prava na (zajedničku) roditeljsku skrb. 2012. Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku
Kosher, H.; Ben-Arieh, A.; Hendelsman, Y. Children's Rights and Social Work. 2016. Springer
FRA - European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and Council of Europe. Handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child. 2022. Publications Office of the European Union