The child's right to know his own origin and the protection of that right

Cilj ovog rada je analizirati norme Obiteljskog zakona i Konvencije o pravima djeteta kojima je regulirano pravo djeteta na saznanje vlastitog podrijetla, te kako hrvatski zakonodavac te norme primjenjuje u svom zakonodavstvu. Detaljnije će se analizirati način utvrđivanja majčinstva i očinstva, odnosno tko se smatra majkom, a tko ocem djeteta, te tko sve ima pravo osporavati majčinstvo, odnosno očinstvo djeteta, uključujući slučajeve začeća djeteta uz medicinski pomognutu oplodnju. Također ćemo obraditi neke slučajeve prakse Europskog suda za ljudska prava, te vidjeti kakav su utjecaj one imale na hrvatskog zakonodavca.The aim of this paper is to analyze the norms of the Family Law and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which regulate the child's right to know their own origin, and how the Croatian legislator applies these norms in its legislation. The methods of determining motherhood and paternity will be analyzed in detail, including who is considered the mother and who is considered the father of the child, and who has the right to challenge the motherhood or paternity of the child, including cases of child conception through medically assisted insemination. We will also discuss some cases from the practice of the European Court of Human Rights and examine the influence they had on the Croatian legislator