Law Journal of the National Academy of Internal Affairs

The article deals with the concept of the constitutional and legal status of the child and its structure. The peculiarities of the right to legal aid as a guarantee of the constitutional and legal status of the child, as well as the place and role of the right to legal assistance in the system of guarantees of the child as a whole are revealed. The constitutional right of the child to legal aid is defined as a normative legal guarantee of the legal status of the child, an element of its legal protection. The scientific-theoretical principles and practical proposals aimed at improving the regulatory and legal regulation in the field of providing legal assistance to the child, based on the peculiarities of its legal status, are substantiated.