Childrens health protection: Russian law enforcement practice and International standarts

Occupation: Leading Research Fellow, Department of the Human Rights, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Tatiana A. Vasilieva

Occupation: Chief Research Fellow, Department of the Human Rights
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Natalia V. Kolotova

Occupation: Leading Research Fellow, Acting Head of the Human Rights Department
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Elena A. Sorokina

Occupation: Research Fellow, Department of the Human Rights, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Elvira V. Talapina

Occupation: Chief Research Fellow, Department of the Human Rights, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Институт государства и права Российской академии наук
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Alexander I. Cherkasov

Occupation: Leading Research Fellow of the Human Rights Department, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Valentina Chekharina

Occupation: Senior Research Fellow, Department of the Human Rights
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Gosudarstvo i pravo

Edition

Issue 7

Pages

61-76

Abstract

Analysis of the law enforcement practice on the protection of children's health in the Russian Federation, which cover the 2015–2020 period, has made it possible to identify the most pressing issues related to the accessibility of medical services (including high-tech health care), medical and social expertise of children with disabilities and the provision to them rehabilitation (habilitation) facilities, as well as sanitary and epidemiological welfare of children in the educational facilities, and to propose approaches to their solution, taking into consideration the international standards. Special attention is given to the protection of children's health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords

rights of the child, child welfare system, children with disabilities, access to health care, children’s immunization, COVID-19 pandemic

Received

11.05.2020

Publication date

07.08.2020

Number of characters

65259

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GOST	Varlamova N., Vasilieva T., Kolotova N., Sorokina E., Talapina E., Cherkasov A., Chekharina V. Children's health protection: Russian law enforcement practice and International standarts // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2020. – Issue 7 C. 61-76 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520010710-2-1 (circulation date: 25.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520010710-2
MLA	Varlamova, Natalia V, Vasilieva, Tatiana A, Kolotova, Natalia V, Sorokina, Elena A, Talapina, Elvira V, Cherkasov, Alexander I, Chekharina, Valentina "Children's health protection: Russian law enforcement practice and International standarts." Gosudarstvo i pravo 7 (2020):61-76. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520010710-2
APA	Varlamova N., Vasilieva T., Kolotova N., Sorokina E., Talapina E., Cherkasov A., Chekharina V. (2020). Children's health protection: Russian law enforcement practice and International standarts. Gosudarstvo i pravo (7), pp.61-76 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520010710-2

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