Comparison And Contrast Two International Or European Policies

Compare and Contrast two international or European policies On Child Protection

This assignment will be discussing child protection in Belgium and Jamaica

also will be comparing and contrasting policies a looking at the different ways in

Which both policies can be adapted for either country and whether each country

Can learn from each other.

The Belgium child protection laws work on the bases it a family problem if a child

is abuse and deems it that all the family should be involve in the solution of

preventing it from happening, and look at the family background like is there a

breakdown within the family are the parents working and looks at single mothers as

Children in Belgium still receive corporal punishment even

thou it breaks the law on the right of a children and is still used in Belgium by

parents.

The Belgium policies on the rights of children under there law children have a right to

have there morals, physical, sexuality and mental integrity respected this is the only

law that is in the Belgium children act and is actually passed by the federation. The Belgium child support see it as if child abused happen it the community problem

and not a just a government problem and also have private sector that is founded by

public money and only deals with child abuse and neglect, the Belgium child support

services have a pyramid system to prevent child abuse by putting into place a nurse

for every new born child therefore having a background on the child and addressing

any issues that may arise in the future, the pyramid system has different levels on

The Belgium approach is seen as it a social and community responsibility to tackle

The Belgium government even thou the policies on the welfare and safety of children

are set by the Child rights international network and the united nation Belgium does

not comply to many of the policies set by the united nations even thou they have

merge the child support services parents can still hit there children even thou in

schools, and certain institution corporal punishment has been stopped but in the home

parents are allowed to hit there children as they are seen that the child must have a

mutual respect for the parents even thou this was challenge by the association for the

protection of children and recommended that it should be made law and also in the

policy this is not been enforced by the Belgium government in 2011 Belgium was

challenge by the united nations on the hitting of children which is in the policies that

children should not be hit, it’s a violation of there human rights and it breaks the law

that was set by the united nation but Belgium has stated it has changed the law on