The article represents the results of the analysis of modern legal regulation of the system for prevention of neglect and juvenile delinquency in the Russian Federation and activity of commissions for juvenile affairs and juvenile rights protection as the main authority of that system. Relevance and immediacy of changes and reforming of legislation in the prevention of neglect and juvenile delinquency and areas of such activity are associated with the needs of the modern informational society. The authors analyze regulatory legal acts governing the activity of commissions for juvenile affairs and juvenile rights protection, proposals of executive authorities of constituents of the Russian Federation in the practicability of developing a concept of federal law on prevention of neglect and juvenile delinquency and rights’ protection and they characterize primary trends in the activity of this authority in order to define further perspectives of activity within the system of prevention of neglect and juvenile delinquency in Russia. Methodological support of the research are such methods of scientific cognition as analysis and synthesis, comparative-legal, formally legal, analysis of documents, legal modeling, survey, which allowed for a comprehensive approach to the research of this problem. The result of the research was reasoned conclusions on the practicability of reforming authorities and legal relations in the system of prevention of neglect and juvenile delinquency. Models are given for the modernization of commissions for juvenile affairs and juvenile rights protection. The results ensure conceptual basis and trends in the development of proposals for improvement of legal regulatory regulation of social relations in the prevention of asocial behavior and juvenile delinquency.

The purpose of the research is to analyze the law enforcement practice of protecting the rights of abducted children by the example of several European countries (France, Finland, and Sweden) and to highlight the main trends in the development of this practice at the international level. Research methods: analysis, synthesis, interpretation, structural-functional approach, classification, synthesis and interpretation of the information obtained. The main method of analysis of documents which are normative legal acts in the field of protection of the rights of abducted children at the level of international legislation, as well as the national legislation of France, Finland, and Sweden. The main result of the research was an analysis of the main national regulations on the protection of the rights of abducted children in France, Finland, and Sweden, as well as the activities of the central authority for international child abduction in these countries. In addition, the main trends in the development of law enforcement practice in the protection of the rights of abducted children at the international level were highlighted, using the examples of the countries studied. Scientific novelty of the research is substantiated by the determining role of The Hague Conventions of 1980 and 1996 as fundamental international documents in the field of international child abduction, the definition of the fundamental principle in the formation of national legislation and resolving the issues of protecting the rights of abducted children, and identifying the specifics of law enforcement practice in protecting the rights of abducted children in individual countries (France, Finland, and Sweden).