14. References & Legal Basis

Sources

References & Legal Basis

This course cites official legal sources (Section 5 of the German Copyright Act, UrhG), publications by official bodies and freely accessible specialist sources; all content is presented in our own words.

Citation format: publisher/author (year): title. Source or place of publication. Online: URL (retrieved: month/year). Where known, the licence is given.

Legal basis

  • Sozialgesetzbuch Achtes Buch (SGB VIII), § 8a Abs. 4, § 8b Abs. 1, § 22 Abs. 3 und § 22a [Book VIII of the German Social Code (SGB VIII), Section 8a(4), Section 8b(1), Section 22(3) and Section 22a]: Schutzauftrag bei Kindeswohlgefährdung; Beratung und Begleitung durch eine insoweit erfahrene Fachkraft; Grundsätze der Förderung; Förderung in Tageseinrichtungen [Protective mandate in case of risk to the child's wellbeing; advice from an experienced child protection specialist (InsoFa); principles of support; support in day-care centres] (support should be based, among other things, on the individual child's linguistic and other abilities and should take account of the child's ethnic origin, Section 22(3) sentence 3; quality development and cooperation with parents, Section 22a). Bundesamt für Justiz [Federal Office of Justice]. Online: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_8/__8a.html, https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_8/__8b.html, https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_8/__22.html and https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_8/__22a.html (retrieved: 10/2026). Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB), § 1631 Abs. 2 [German Civil Code, Section 1631(2)]: Recht des Kindes auf Pflege und Erziehung unter Ausschluss von Gewalt, körperlichen Bestrafungen, seelischen Verletzungen und anderen entwürdigenden Maßnahmen [the child's right to care and upbringing without violence, corporal punishment, psychological harm or other degrading measures]. Bundesamt für Justiz [Federal Office of Justice]. Online: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgb/__1631.html (retrieved: 10/2026).
  • Vereinte Nationen, Generalversammlung (1989). Übereinkommen über die Rechte des Kindes (UN-Kinderrechtskonvention; für Deutschland in Kraft seit 1992), A/RES/44/25 [United Nations General Assembly (1989). Convention on the Rights of the Child (in force for Germany since 1992), A/RES/44/25]. Online: https://docs.un.org/en/A/RES/44/25 (retrieved: 10/2026).

International sources

  • UNESCO (2003): Education in a multilingual world – UNESCO Education Position Paper (ED-2003/WS/2). Paris: UNESCO. Online: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000129728 (retrieved: 10/2026). [Freely accessible; © UNESCO 2003, no open licence]
  • Note: Unless a source is named, the content sums up general professional knowledge (generally recognised professional foundations) of intercultural education and the promotion of multilingualism; no passages are taken over word for word.
Note: Legal status: September 2026. Official works are in the public domain (Section 5 UrhG); freely accessible publications are only cited and summarised in our own words; their terms of use remain unaffected. This course is a self-study course and does not replace individual legal advice.