authorities to provide participation of children and students at all levels; to propose
amendments to the Criminal Code which should provide that with all criminal offences
which comprise sexual activities against and toward children the Law on Special
Measures for the Prevention of Criminal Offences against Sexual Freedom to Juveniles is
applied; to propose amendments to the Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence
which should prescribe special provisions on acting in cases of violence against children,
including the provisions which prescribe that the child is always the victim of violence
when s/he is exposed to domestic violence against a family member or close person and
establish also a unique record on cases of violence against children; to propose
amendments to the Law on Public Peace and Order which should provide that children
in street situation are not treated as criminal offenders, but as victims of violence, abuse
and neglect; to propose amendments to existing regulations or passing of new ones which
should provide new rights and measures of support for parents of gravely ill children
and children with developmental delays and disabilities who need constant care and
assistance, in accordance with proposals and recommendations of the Protector of
Citizens and not to condition the right to the earning compensation due to absence for the
purpose of special child care by the fact that the child did not exercise the right to the
allowance of assistance and care of another person;
Ministry of Health should, in cooperation with other authorities, provide the availability
of developmental advisory centers and advisory centers for adolescents to every child
and young persons for the purpose of the accomplishment of efficient preventive health
protection of children;
Ministry of Health should take measures of regular, continual and complete information
of citizens in accordance with the Opinion of the Protector of Citizens with regards to
mandatory vaccination of children58.
Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs should ensure that centers
for social work implement separation of children from families exclusively for legally
stipulated reasons;
Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs, Republic Institute for
Social Protection and authorities of territorial autonomy and local self-government
units should increase the support to children and the young who leave institutional and
alternative concern, as well as programs for their independence and integration into
society, by providing them with the access to adequate housing, employment, legal,
health and social services and possibilities for further education, professional
advancement and other trainings;
Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs, Ministry of Health,
Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Education, Science and
Technological Development should establish inter-sectoral cooperation for the purposes
of the development of unique mechanisms and procedures for the collection of quality
and reliable data, classified according to, inter alia, age, sex, disability, geographic
position, ethnic and national origin, and socioeconomic status, as well as the system of
exchange of these data, with the aim of tracking of the effects of the implementation of
policies, programs and measures for the improvement of the position of Roma children,
victim children, children in street situation and with developmental delays as well as ill
children;
Available at: https://www.ombudsman.rs/index.php/2011-12-11-11-34-45/5742-n-dl-zni-d-spr-v-du-ivn-s-i-ucilju-p-diz-nj-buhv-d-c-b-v-zn-v-cin-ci-i-s-rucn-g-inf-r-is-nj-gr-d-n.
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