Ocena krajowych gwarancji prawa do zdrowia dziecka po 30 latach obowiązywania Konwencji o Prawach Dziecka
Assessment national guarantees the child’s right to health after 30 years of the Convention on the rights of the child

Summary/Abstract: The right to health is an intrinsic right of every person. It is counted among the fundamental rights. Nowadays, it is difficult to imagine living and functioning in society without a high level of health. This is due to the evolution of international and national health legislation and public health policies - different in each country. Undoubtedly, children and their rights are being given more and more attention in law. In this current, too, many legal acts of international importance have emerged, implemented into the national order. Among them is the postulate of the right to the health of the child, but an important right, due to the special position of the child in law. This article is devoted to the right to health. It focuses on the child as a subject of the law, who is particularly cared for by the legislator. On the basis of the present study, an analysis of legal acts concerning the right to health of a child was made. Particular attention was paid to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in view of the 30th anniversary of its entry into force. The analysis of the national legislation on the expressions of legal thought on the specific right to the health of the child gave an assessment of the level of protection of this right in Poland in the light of international standards. In the course of the analysis of national legislation, attention was drawn to selected specific regulations relating to the right to health of the child. Normative regulations were also examined in terms of their precision and continuation of the idea of continuous improvement of standards of protection of the right to child's health resulting from the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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