About the Introduction of the Concept of a Newly-Born Baby into the Legislation of the Republic of Belarus
In contemporary research the rights of the child are considered to be one of the subcategories of human rights where age limits are a ground for their establishment. There are a lot of points of view on the contents of the legal status of the child. On the whole, the legal basis fixed in the Law “On the Rights of the Child in the Republic of Belarus” can be considered the foundation because it states that the legal status of the child includes rights and obligations “which take into account the child’s age and their legal capacity”; the child is an independent subject of law. The status of the child on the whole in a state depends on the legal status of all the citizens, it can’t be wider already due to age limits.The research purpose is to single out basic directions of the improvement of Belarusian legislation in the sphere of the protection of newly-born babies’ rights.