Administrative protection for special social groups  “child beggars as a model”

Ali, Dheyaa Abbas

doi:10.63677/jqlap.2026.192029

Administrative protection for special social groups “child beggars as a model”

https://doi.org/10.63677/jqlap.2026.192029

Volume 17, Issue: 1 part 2
Spring 2026

Pages 101-118

AL-Qadisiya Journal For Law and Political Sciences

Author

Dheyaa Abbas Ali

College of Law and Political Science/University of Kirkuk

Abstract

The constitution represents the basic guarantee for the protection of rights and freedoms as it is the highest legislation in the state, and the legislator and the administrative authority behind it derive from it the legal power to proceed towards legislating texts, developing treatments, and implementing laws and decisions on the ground. One of the most important areas of protecting rights is ensuring the rights of special social groups, and the most important of these rights is protecting children from the most dangerous phenomena for their present and future, represented by the phenomenon of child begging.
The motives and justifications that lead to the spread of the phenomenon of child begging vary, which may be social, economic, political, psychological, urgent need, or other, but in the end, this phenomenon contributes to increasing crime rates and drawing children towards using them in illegal work, in addition to generating a feeling of discomfort in society, so it must be addressed effectively, through the unification and cooperation of legislative, executive, and judicial efforts, in addition to community efforts.
On this basis, legislation has contributed to reducing the phenomenon of child begging and working to develop legal treatments for it by including many texts, whether in the constitution or in various related laws. The administrative authorities have also taken many steps towards reducing this phenomenon, whether through subsidiary legislation or by implementing the texts contained in the constitution and laws on the ground, as it is the body that directly interacts with members of society and is responsible for protecting it from all harmful and dangerous phenomena and practices by all available means. The goal of the administration is to provide legal protection for children who lack someone to support them or suffer from unstable family conditions, which makes them vulnerable to homelessness and begging. The administrative authorities also play their role through possible administrative methods to put things in order by taking preventive and therapeutic measures and preparing children psychologically. It is also their responsibility to provide children, young people and juveniles with their needs that are sufficient to prevent them from resorting to illegal activities.
Our study focused on explaining the role of the constitution and legislation as well as the role of the administrative authorities in the state in developing the necessary treatments after the phenomenon of begging became a reality and a real danger and constitutes a real threat to both those who practice it and those around them from the members of society, and explaining the available means that may contribute to eliminating or reducing the effects of the phenomenon of begging in general and child begging in particular.