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In the scientific article, the author conducted a scientific study of the peculiarities of parents' fulfillment of the obligation to raise a child in accordance with German family law, the grounds for the emergence and termination of this family obligation, the elements of rights and obligations that make up the content of parental care. On the basis of the conducted research, the author came to the conclusion that the concept of «parental custody» is used in German family law. as an obligation and at the same time - the rights of parents to take care of their minor child. Parental custody includes such powers of the child's parents as: representation of the child's interests in legal relations in which he is the subject, the duty and right of the parents to take care of the child, raise him and supervise him, as well as determine his place of residence, not to apply punishments that encroach on the dignity of the child, the duty and right of parents to help the child in obtaining an education and a profession, taking into account his abilities and inclinations, the right of parents to demand the handover of a child from another person who illegally deprives his parents or one of his parents of the opportunity exercise parental care, certain rights related to medical intervention. For the obligation to raise a child to arise, German family law establishes several legal facts: the presence of the child's parents in marriage, when the presumption of paternity applies to the person who is the husband of the child's mother; an application to take care of the child submitted to both parents who are not married; adoption of a decision by the family court to establish parental custody over the child to its parents who are not married, with determination of the limits of such custody for each parent. The fulfillment of the obligation to raise a child in accordance with German family law is carried out with the mutual consent of both parents in the interests of the child; if the parents cannot agree on the exercise of parental custody, their dispute is resolved by the family court, which may grant the right to one of the parents to make an appropriate decision related to the exercise of parental custody. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines the praxeological aspect of the variability of proving domestic violence. The authors used a graphical method to visualize examples of variability in the combination of forms of violence, the use of sources of evidence, compliance with and violation of the non bis in idem principle, and the status of a child during domestic violence. It is concluded that domestic violence always consists of at least three episodes of violence, which may consist of physical, psychological, economic violence, or a combination of two or three of these forms at the same time. Based on the practice of the Supreme Court, it has been established that domestic violence is proved by various pieces of evidence. The preliminary facts of domestic violence may be reflected in various sources of evidence, including documents (administrative protocol, court order, restraining order, criminal proceedings, etc.) It is noted that the initiation of criminal proceedings on the fact of domestic violence under Article 126-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine does not have to be preceded by two cases of bringing a person to administrative liability under parts of Article 173-2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. In cases where there are no previous appeals to law enforcement agencies or courts, audio and video recordings, screenshots and other evidence may be used to prove the systematic nature of domestic violence, which must meet the requirements of the CPC of Ukraine for evidence. The authors emphasize that simultaneously bringing a person to administrative and criminal liability for the same episode of domestic violence is a violation of the non bis in idem principle. Therefore, a person may be held criminally liable under Art. 126-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine if there is one (the last) or more episodes of violence for which the person has not previously been held administratively liable. The commission by a person of criminal offenses provided for in parts of the articles (articles) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and domestic violence is not a violation of the non bis in idem principle. It is noted that a child who has witnessed domestic violence is always a victim of this offense. The draft law on harmonization of the provisions of the CPC of Ukraine with the Istanbul Convention on the involvement of a child as a victim from the moment of entering information into the URPTI was approved, as a child who witnessed domestic violence suffers moral damage. A child who witnessed domestic violence and is not related to the persons between whom the domestic violence occurred is not a victim of domestic violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article analyses the provisions of the Procedure for Implementation of the Pilot Project for the Implementation of International Standards for Child-Friendly Justice in Practice, which formulated 100 standards relating to proceedings involving minors. The author classifies these standards in terms of their correlation with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. Particular attention is paid to a childfriendly environment, as well as to interrogation, examination and collection of biological samples, and participation of a psychologist in procedural actions. The author considers video recording during investigative (detective) actions with the participation of a minor (victim, suspect) with his/her consent. The author analyses the conduct of examinations with the participation of a child, in particular, the possibilities of limiting the child's participation in this research, except in situations of necessity, as provided for in the Procedure for Implementing the Pilot Project for the Implementation of International Standards for Child-Friendly Justice in Practice. It is concluded that the provisions of the Procedure are: 1) detailing the general rights of the victim in criminal proceedings in the context of the best interests of the child and 2) prescribing actions that are not mandatory in the CPC of Ukraine, but are in line with international child rights standards. Despite the undoubted progressive nature of the procedure for ensuring the best interests of the child, there are provisions that may cause different interpretations and applications. In particular, the provision of Standard 26 does not correlate with Part 2 and Part 7 of Article 55 of the CPC of Ukraine; it is not defined in what status a psychologist should be questioned; the form of the psychologist's recommendations needs to be clarified. The application of the high standard of «reliable information and obvious grounds» for the appointment of a psychiatric examination may lead to the non-appointment of an examination if the mental illness or mental retardation is not obvious and the information about it is undoubted. In addition, the provision of Standard 38 needs to be clarified, as its wording suggests that in case of voluntary action, the participation of a legal representative is not required, and such an interpretation contradicts Article 227 of the CPC of Ukraine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The scientific article is devoted to determining the role of the National Police in ensuring the rights of the child during the legal regime of martial law in Ukraine. The work analyzes and summarizes the existing practice of ensuring children's rights by units of the National Police. The key role of the state in ensuring the rights of the child during martial law is noted. It was emphasized that it is the bodies of juvenile prevention in the conditions of the armed conflict in Ukraine that ensure the basic rights of children and ensure that illegal actions are committed against them, in situations that are mostly atypical in peacetime, and also make efforts to prevent the increase in the number of children in Ukraine, available to deviant behavior. The author singles out the areas of activity of the National Police in ensuring the safety of children in the conditions of martial law: organizing the evacuation of children from occupied, front-line and other territories of Ukraine; forced evacuation of children from territories that are zones of active hostilities; assistance in arranging living conditions for families with children; organization of humanitarian assistance to families with children; preventive work with internally displaced persons whose families have children; providing assistance to children who suffered as a result of the armed conflict, bringing the guilty parties to justice; providing assistance to children who lost their families as a result of the armed conflict; search for missing children; carrying out proceedings on administrative offenses in cases of bullying on the basis of internal displacement of children; application of measures to combat domestic violence against children in families affected by the armed conflict; participation in the implementation of measures for the return of illegally deported children by the Russian Federation from the territory of Ukraine; educational, educational and patriotic work with children. A conclusion was made about the importance of the activities of the National Police units in ensuring the rights of the child during the legal regime of martial law in Ukraine. The interaction of the police with social services and public organizations for the effective protection of children's rights is emphasized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The relevance of the study is determined by insufficient study of the duty of children who have reached the full age to take care of disabled parents and the necessity to clarify the general and legal characteristics of this duty. It is substantiated that the basis for understanding the issue of the obligation of children who have reached the full age to take care of disabled parents should be the understanding of the legal obligation as such an appropriate behavior involving either the conscious voluntary assumption of the corresponding obligation, or the conscious consent of the person to the presence of a corresponding obligation; a legal prescription alone is not enough (such a legal prescription should be perceived by a person as necessary, just, etc.). It is emphasized that the general and theoretical understanding of the issue of the duty of children who have reached the full age to take care of disabled parents should be the basis for the sectoral regulation of relevant relations. Herewith, the basis of such consideration is the distinction between moral obligation and legal obligation (the difference between the right and an ordinary coercion). The contradictions of the legislation's provisions regarding the obligation of children who have reached the full age to take care of disabled parents in the context of legal capacity, as well as the institution of civil liability of the owner of the source of increased danger, are analyzed. The nature of the duty of children who have reached the full age to take care of disabled parents differs from the legal duty to protect the Motherland (which arises under similar conditions) is characterized. Attention is focused on the lack of full conscious perception of the first, its indefiniteness, failure to take into account individual peculiarities of implementation, etc. The expediency of taking into account of the state's social obligations when determining the content of the duty of children who have reached the full age to take care of disabled parents is noted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]