Abstract:

The right to respect for private life is one of the important civil rights enshrined in Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and extended by the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights. The right does not only require the act of the state not to interfere and respect individuals personal spheres; it also entails the obligation of the state to make positive actions regarding the contacts of individuals with the outside world. These general rules also apply to the child’s right to respect for the private life. However, since children are one of the disadvantaged groups that enjoy the right, states need to be more careful in protecting the right. As a matter of fact, the private lives of children whose features such as perception of privacy and ability to show consent have not developed yet can easily be abused by public officals, families and third parties. Therefore, the contracting states should provide for more strict protection of the child’s right to respect for private life than adults. In this study aims to reveal the obligations of the right to respect for private life of child to states, families and third parties.

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