The legal status of minors under international law

Abstract

We conducted an in-depth theoretical analysis of the concept of "child" through regulation and various approaches in the definition of "child" in international law. In this part of the study, we have identified many inaccuracies in the definition of the concept that is the basis for the institution of international law in question. There is no clear definition of the age limit within which the concept in question should be. We paid special attention to the study of existing approaches to the legal status of the fetus, the minimum age threshold of the concept of "child."

To justify the results of some medical and ethical studies, as well as the position that the rights of a child before the birth of a child are subject to certain protection, we cited the provisions of existing international legal acts. We also drew attention to the presence and application in international and national rights of individual states of many concepts applied along with the basic concept of "child." International documents, including on human rights, can be conditionally divided into 2 large groups: declarations and conventions.

      A declaration (lat. "Publication") is not necessary, it is a proposal that publishes basic principles, program provisions. The Convention (Latin: "treaty, agreement") is an agreement on a special issue that is binding on the states that have joined (signed, ratified) it.