The implementation of the convention on the rights of the child to legal system of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract

Abstract. Special significancein the study of the problems of the implementation of international
law into national legislation is acquiredin the context of the implementation of international standards
in the field of juvenile rights. In the modern period, the problem of implementing the norms of theof the
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by General Assembly resolution 44/25,
opened for signature in the city of New York on November 20, 1989, and other international treaties
into the national legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan is being actualized. This article monitors and
analyzes the practical realization of the International Acts on protection the interests and rights of the
child, ratified in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and other documents concern the Juvenile Justice System.
The research accomplished in the context of the entire array of the current Law System of the Republic
of Kazakhstan, focused on the implementation the international standards for the protection of Human
Rights in general and particular in the Rights of the Child. Basing on the Civil Law legislation of the Republic
of Kazakhstan,criteria are considered for the legal capacity of minors. The civil procedural capacity
of minors is analyzed on the basis of the Civil Procedure Code. The principle of the best safeguarding
of children’s rights, the need for its primary consideration in activities related to children, is enshrined in
codified and other laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in which state policy in the interests of children is
recognized as a priority area of activity of state authorities. In accordance with the aim of the study, the
problem of the implementation in the national legislation of the norms of the United Nations Convention
on the Rights of the Child is analyzed.
Key words: minor, rights, convention, implementation, Convention on the Rights of the Child.