PRAVA DJECA BEZ ODGOVARAJUĆE RODITELJSKE SKRBI U FEDRACIJI BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE
THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WITHOUT APPROPRIATE PARENTAL CARE IN THE FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Summary/Abstract: Children without appropriate parental care represent one of the most vulnerable categories of society, this area has long been regulated normatively for the safety and protection of every child in every civilized society. Forms of social services for children without appropriate care in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina are institutional and non-institutional, with it being important to emphasize that the form of institutional care has been the most dominant for a long time. The aim of this paper is to present and analyze the manner and conditions of exercising the right to social welfare services for children and youth without adequate parental care at the level of ten counties-cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Using a comparative method, we will compare the conditions and manner of exercising the right to social services for children and youth without adequate parental care in ten counties-cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. A special focus in this paper is on the reasons for the separation of children from biological families, as well as the structure of children by gender, age and educational level, and the number of children who leave the social welfare system. Based on the results obtained, recommendations will be offered that will serve policymakers for better planning of social services for children without adequate parental care, as well as amending existing legal regulations with the aim of ensuring a family environment for the growth of children without adequate parental care. In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the most common form of social service in practice is the placement of a child in a social welfare institution. However, recently, more and more children are being placed in foster families through social work centers as a new form of care for children without adequate parental care.

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