The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: law on protection of the rights of the child in the Child Protection Act (Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1998, no. 15; 2000, no. 8, 12; 2001, 24 No; 2002, nr. 23) the following amendments: 1. Replace the words "the whole statutory care and upbringing" (fold) with the words "body care" (fold).
2. in article 1 point 2: express the following wording: "without parental care-2) left in the child: a child whose parents are unknown, are gone or illness are unable to enforce custody or that parents deprived of care or custody rights;";
turn 3, 5, 10 and 12, the words "and education" (fold);
Replace paragraph 17, the words "child health care, nutrition, education, the environment" with the words "child care";
Replace paragraph 18, the words "health care, education and other children's rights" with the words "care and other child rights".
3. Turn off the second part of article 6, the words "and education".
4. Article 24: make the first paragraph by the following: "(1) pursuant to the provisions of the civil code, parents are obliged to care for the child and his property and to represent the child in his personal and economic relations."
replace the fourth subparagraph, the words "parental authority" with the words "custody rights".
5. Put the name of article 28 and the first paragraph by the following: ' article 28. Care or custody rights deprivation (1) care or custody rights takes away under civil law and law on family courts and pagastties "."
6. Express article 33 of the fourth subparagraph by the following: "(4) if the parent is deprived of rights, childcare facilities Manager can allow the child to stay with parents during holidays and weekends, if family courts granted written consent."
7. Turn off article 37, first paragraph, the words "and education".
8. Replace the third subparagraph of article 42, the words "parental authority" with the words "or under the auspices of the law of care".
9. Turn off the article 45, third paragraph, the words "and" and the words "mannered and upbringing".
10. Replace article 57, first paragraph, the word "offence" with the words "administrative irregularities" and the number "16" with the number "14".
11. Article 61:2 make the point as follows: "2) confirms the long-term public policy projects on the rights of the child;";
turn off paragraph 3 the word "interdepartmental".
12. Express article 62 the following: ' article 62. The competence of the Ministry of welfare, the Ministry of Welfare: 1) develop a national policy for children and families project on social security, including social insurance and State social benefits, social assistance, social care, social and professional rehabilitation, employment of adolescents, as well as coordinate the implementation of these projects and be responsible for it;
2) organized and coordinated by the social services and social assistance according to national programs and social services and social assistance Act;
3) provides the national order for the preparation of social workers on the State budget. "
13. To supplement the law with article 62.1 of the following: ' article 62.1. The competence of the Ministry of health of the Ministry of health: 1) develop public policy projects, child health care, including medical rehabilitation;
2) organized and coordinated by the children's health care under the State program, laws and regulations. "
14. Article 63: make the first part of paragraph 2 and 3 as follows: "2) provides the availability and quality of education;
3) in collaboration with the Minister with special responsibility for children and Family Affairs Secretariat in the development of education programmes on the rights of the child; ";
Add to the first part of paragraph 6, after the words "Welfare Ministry" with the words "and the" Ministry of health;
turn off the first part of paragraph 7;
to turn off the second part.
15. off the third paragraph of article 64.1.
16. Put article 65 the following: ' article 65. Minister with special responsibility for children and family affairs responsibilities Minister with special responsibility for children and Family Affairs: 1) in collaboration with the Ministry of education and science, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of culture, the Ministry of health and Welfare ministries, other State and local government authorities and public organizations in developing a long-term national policy projects on the rights of the child;
2) participates in social services and social assistance policy development project in child and family law;
3) develop annual national programme of children and marital status;
4) participate in orphan and without parental care for the remaining children in alternative care policies in the development of the project;
5) within the limits of its competence is responsible for the implementation of the programmes approved by the Government;
6) organizes and coordinates the monitoring of compliance with the laws and the rights of the child in the field of protection within the limits of its competence and develop proposals for amendments to the regulations to ensure the protection of the rights of the child;
7) coordinate State and local institutions of child protection cooperation, monitor and analyse the process of protection of the rights of the child;
8) in cooperation with other State and local authorities to prepare and annually provides the Saeima and the Cabinet a report on the situation of children in the country;
9) cooperating with interested foreign institutions, as well as within the limits of its competence participates in the drafting of international agreements and conclude international treaties;
10) prepare for submission to the United Nations Committee on the rights of the child report on the situation of children in Latvia and the measures taken to ensure the rights of the child;
11) monitor and methodically manages child care institutions of ārpusģimen work on the rights of the child;
12) monitors and methodically run by family courts (pagastties) work (except functions, defined in the law "about a fosters and pagastties" in chapters VII and VIII);
13) provides methodical assistance to child protection experts in municipalities;
14) run by the Cabinet of Ministers established the Commission for the protection of the rights of the child. "
17. To supplement the law with article 65.1 as follows: "article 65.1. National child protection officers (1) the Minister with special responsibility for children and Family Affairs in the Secretariat of State for the rights of the child protection officer responsible for supervising the enforcement of the law in a particular administrative area.
(2) the national law of the child protection officer is entitled, on its own initiative or in complaint to check any State or local government authorities, public bodies or other natural or legal persons operating for the protection on the rights of the child, to request the said institutions, organisations and individuals information or clarifications in this area.
(3) on the basis of the results of the inspection, the inspector shall make recommendations for the prevention of irregularities and, if necessary, propose to the relevant institution of the guilty officials called to disciplinary or other statutory responsibility. "
18. the express article 67.1 the following: ' article 67.1. Statistical information on the situation of the rights of the child the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of education and science, Minister with special responsibility for children and Family Affairs, the Ministry of welfare, regional development and local government Ministry, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of health and local authorities within the limits of its competence provides statistical information on the protection of the rights of the child in the country, of parents who are deprived of the care or custody rights, and for families with children evicted from apartment for child adoption, child care referral of ārpusģimen, empowering and curative nature coercive measures for children, child prosecution criminally for compulsory education in the age of the children not attending educational establishments, and on children who have become victims of violence and street children, as well as submit a summary of the Central Administration of statistics. Central Statistical Bureau annually collects this information and submit it to the Minister with special responsibility for children and Family Affairs. "
19. off 68 and in the name of the article in the first paragraph, the word "education" and replace the word "training" with the word "education".
20. Replace article 70, second paragraph, the words "education and training" with the words "educational institutions".
21. off article 71, first paragraph, the words "and education".
22. Article 72 off the first and third paragraph, the words "and education".
23. Replace article 74, first paragraph, the words "the law" on asylum seekers and refugees in the Republic of Latvia "with the words" asylum law ".
24. transitional provisions supplementing with 8 and 9 paragraph by the following: ' 8. Article 65.1 of this Act shall enter into force on January 1, 2004.
9. This law, the provisions of article 67.1 for statistical information regarding street children shall enter into force on 1 January 2005. "
Transitional provision

With the entry into force of this Act shall terminate the constitutional order of article 81 of Cabinet of Ministers issued Regulation No. 559 "amendments to the children's rights protection law" (Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 2003, no. 6).
The Parliament adopted the law of 15 May 2003.
State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga, June 3, 2003 Editorial Note: the law shall enter into force on 17 June 2003.