Requirements on the establishment and operation registration of child protective service providers in Vietnam

Requirements on the establishment and operation registration of child protective service providers in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. What are child protective service providers?

According to Clause 1, Article 55 of the Children Law 2016, child protective service providers are established by agencies, organizations and individuals as regulated by the laws. Their functions and tasks are to implement or cooperate and support for the implementation of one or certain child protective measures at prevention, support and intervention levels as prescribed in Article 48, Article 49 and Article 50 of the Children Law 2016.

2. Requirements on the establishment and operation registration of child protective service providers in Vietnam

According to Article 56 of the Children Law 2016, the establishment and operation registration of child protective service providers are carried out if the following requirements have been satisfied:

- Their operational principles and objectives are for the best interests of children;

- Their operating contents aim to implement one or several child protective measures regulated in Article 48, Article 49 and Article 50 of Children Law 2016;

- Representatives of child protective service providers must be Vietnamese citizens who are capable of civil acts, have good virtuous character and knowledge of children and child protection affairs, and do not face criminal prosecution or administrative penalties for acts of child abuse;

- Their facilities, equipment, financial sources and human resources must satisfy their objectives, requirements and scope of operation as regulated by competent state agencies.

3. Activities of child protective service providers in Vietnam

According to Article 58 of the Children Law 2016, child protective service providers shall carry out registered activities and satisfy the following requirements:

- Requirements regulated in Article 47 of the Children Law 2016;

- Comply with procedures and standards of child protection service provision promulgated by competent state authorities;

- Conduct the receipt and provision of child protective services, and transfer of children and results of child service provision between child protective service providers for the safety and best interests of children;

- Follow the guidance and bear the inspection of specialized operations by competent state authorities;

- Keep secret of information concerning abused children, except for the cases where the provision of information is requested by competent agencies or officials.

4. Contents of state management of children affairs in Vietnam

Contents of state management of children affairs include:

- Request competent state agencies to promulgate or promulgate, within their competence, legislative documents concerning children and direct or organize the implementation of those legislative documents.

- Establish and organize the implementation of national strategies, policies and goals concerning children.

- Provide guidance on measures, procedures and standards of protecting children’s rights to agencies, organizations, education facilities, families and individuals as regulated by laws.

- Propagate and disseminate legislations on children; employ the mass media to disseminate knowledge and skills, and mobilize the society to exercise children's rights.

- Construct, train and improve knowledge and skills of officials, public employees and individuals in charge of protecting children, caregivers and networks of freelancers engaging in children protection for exercising children's rights.

- Inspect the implementation of the children law; respond to complaints and denunciations, and handle actions in violation of the children law; respond to or expedite the response to proposals submitted by children, guardians and Organization representing the voice of children.

- Carry out the statistics and reports on children's status and the implementation of the children law for competent state agencies.

- Carry out international cooperation in exercising the children's rights.

(Article 8 of the Children Law 2016)

Thanh Rin

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