Özet:

The Children’s Ombudsman is a public authority that provides guarantees for improving the legal protection of children and examines any form of complaints relating to children in defensive position. The Scandinavian Children’s Ombudsman, which is primarily defending the needs and interests of children throughout society and in all institutions, facilitates the learning of the ways and methods to apply to children in the event of violation of the rights they have and is committed to protecting the rights of children in difficult situations. This kind of ombudsman, in particular the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the relevant legal regulations, provides for the protection and development of children’s rights in all areas. The study first explained the characteristics and practices of child ombudsman in the Scandinavian countries and then discussed the applicability of child ombudsman in Turkey through legal and institutional regulations. In this scope, the study examined the basic characteristics and function of the Children’s Ombudsman Institution, which has long been present in the Scandinavian countries, and the need for the establishment of a Children’s Ombudsman specialized in the field as a separate corporate structure related to the Public Audit Institution in Turkey. In this study, an indirect and citative method of research was used in the context of the quality approach.

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