Last Change:

05/27/2025

Child Welfare Act

Year: 1962

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Education, Health, Social protection, Family life, Documentation

Description

The purpose of this Act is to guarantee the welfare of children so that they can be born healthy and grow up happily and safely.

Selected provisions
Article 2 - Basic Ideas

(1) Children shall grow up without experiencing any kind of discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, religion, social status, property, handicap, birthplace, race, etc. of themselves or their parents.

(2) Children shall grow up happily in a stable family environment for the development of perfect and harmonious personality.

(3) In all activities concerning children, the interests of children shall be considered, among others.

(4) Children shall have the rights to be protected and assisted under this Act for the sake of their rights and promotion of welfare.