Fizinės bausmės vaikams
Mykolo Romerio universitetas |
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2011 |
Straipsnyje analizuojama fizinių bausmių taikymo vaikams baudžiamoji teisinė problematika. Apibūdinamas fizinių bausmių ir fizinio smurto santykis, vyraujančios fizinių bausmių vertinimo ir reglamentavimo kryptys ir analizuojama vaiko teisės būti apsaugotam nuo fizinių bausmių įgyvendinimas baudžiamosios teisės priemonėmis. Remiantis pateiktomis teorinėmis įžvalgomis, nagrinėjama galimybė taikyti baudžiamąją atsakomybę už fizinių bausmių vaikams taikymą Lietuvoje. Straipsnyje daroma išvada, kad ją taikyti nėra jokių kliūčių.
When providing protection of the rights of children, criminal laws seek to reconcile contradictory interests, such as the child’s right to his/her personal immunity and dignity, on the one hand, and the right of parents to bring up their children and the right to family autonomy, on the other. Some theoreticians prefer the autonomy of a family and, as a result, tolerate reasonable and moderate corporal punishment. The right of parents to punish their children is regarded as a circumstance eliminating parents’ criminal responsibility. The conception of reasonability and moderation is a flexible system giving a lot of space for the court to determine the limits of reasonability. Another theory, though, gives priority to the rights of children and is in favor of prohibiting all and any corporal punishment. It claims that a child is an independent entity enjoying its own independent interests and rights. Moreover, a child is not the property of his/her parents. If the parents fail to fulfill their obligations, misuse their freedom of action or authority of parents and when it endangers or harms the child, then the state authorities must interfere in order to protect that child. The law cannot apply the concept “reasonable,” if it might expose the children’s health and welfare to risk. As far as Lithuania is concerned, the rights of children to health, personal immunity, dignity and protection against corporal punishment are granted by the means of criminal law, although there is no direct provision specifying that corporal punishment against children is forbidden. [...]