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Rights of Children
21 March 2014
Mgr. Kateřina Šlesingerová
Department for Children‘s Rights Protection
Ministry of Labour nad Social Affairs
System of Child Protection in Czech Republic
Institutional care overused Responsibility divided among several central
authorities Lack of quality standards of all kind of care
systems and social work with vulnerable children
Criticism of Czech Republic from international and national bodies
European Court for Human Rights Wallova, Walla vs. Czech Republic Havelka vs. Czech Republic
UN Comittee for the Right of the Child Concluding observations from 2003 and 2011
Constitutional Court decision in Czech Republic
2010 case of unlawful removal of a baby from her mothers care
Czech Ombudsman Report from systematic visits to institutions
Right to ChildhoodNational Strategy for Child Rights Protection
Approved by government in 2012
Key priorities:• Child participation• Combating discrimination and unequal
approach to children• Right to family care• Ensurign quality of living for children and
families
Right to ChildhoodNational Strategy for Child Rights Protection
Identification of children’s needs
Increasing the general awareness of children’s rights among adults as well as children
Creation of opportunities for children and young people to participate in the decisions on matters that concern and influence them
Ensuring equal opportunities for children and young people from disadvantaged social environments
Ensuring equal opportunities for children and young people with disabilities
Promoting positive parenthood
Poverty prevention
Right to ChildhoodNational Strategy for Child Rights Protection
Creation and opening-up of services and support to families and children
Support for alternative family care
Elaboration of the alternatives of care for vulnerable children and the deinstitutionalisation of care
Processes to protect and support the prosperity of children
Unification of childcare system
Setting the legislative conditions to safeguard positive benefits and to ensure that the needs of children and young people are met
Transparent funding of the system
Data collection and a single information system
Quality of work, education and standards
Right to ChildhoodNational Action Plan for the Fulfilment of the National Strategy to
Protect Children‘s Rights 2012-2015
• Activities, indicators, time schedule
• Bodies responsible for fulfilment
• Human and technical resources to achieve partial tasks
• Financial costs of the performance of individual activities, funding resources and the impact on public budgets
• Legislative changes required to achieve the objectives
• The monitoring mechanism required to evaluate the performance progress
• Method of involvement of civic society and children in the performance of the activities
Achievements
• Redefinition of the role of local authorities in charge of children
• Minimum quality standards requirements for both local authorities and other stakeholders
• Strengthening the foster care and development of short term foster care
• Regular care revision of institutional placements
Number of children in Care
2007/2008 2005/2006 2006/2007 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/20135000
5500
6000
6500
7000
7500
8000
8500
9000
Number of children in children homes
Capacity Placed children
Number of children in Foster Care
2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 20105000
6000
7000
8000
9000
10000
11000
12000
13000
14000
Number of children in foster care
Number of aplications for foster care and adoption
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
adoptionfoster care
Main Challenges
New law unifying the child care system
Overcoming division of responsibilities
Child participation
Deinstitutionalisation
Ensuring quality of all services for children
