Comprehensive child safety is a new type of national security in the strategic planning system

The article presents a theoretical and legal analysis of the concept of “comprehensive child safety”, which is new to Russian legislation, and is enshrined in the Strategy of comprehensive child safety in the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030, approved by the President of the Russian Federation Decree no. 358 of May 17, 2023. It is emphasized that it is necessary to develop a definition of “comprehensive safety” concept at the doctrinal level due to the absence of an appropriate prescription establishing its content in the strategic planning document itself. The purpose of the research is to determine the content of “comprehensive child safety” concept to substantiate the possibility of considering the latter as a separate type of national security focused on specific strategic national interests’ implementation stated in the National Security Strategy 2021. Comprehensive child safety is an individual security integral part as a whole, but at childhood development stage. Ensuring the child safety issues in an integrated relationship with national interests, strategic national priorities and strategic planning as a whole are not studied at the doctrinal level and require theoretical development. General scientific and private scientific methods, including special legal ones, were used as research methods. The main research methods used are analysis, comparative legal and formal legal methods. Based on the strategic planning documents’ analysis, the author’s definition of “comprehensive child safety” concept is formulated, its content elements are indicated. The conclusion is made that the main purpose of ensuring the comprehensive child safety is to achieve the unhindered realization by minors of their rights and legitimate interests provided by current legislation norms. Ensuring such a state will allow achieving the harmonious development of the child as a person in the future.