CHILDREN RIGHTS

Children rights

• All children have the same rights no matter sex, origins, language,

religion, economic or familiar status.

• All children have the right of a name and a nationality from its

birth, that’s to be identified from other people and be part of a

country where they can integrate.

• All children must live healthy and have acces to sanitary services

that could need. The same with food and accomodation.

• Have a family on which feel comfortable and supported. If it’s not

possible, the autorities should care about them.

• Children must have acces to education.

• Children have the right to play and enjoy art and culture.

• In case of any dishability, children must receive spceial cares.

• All children must be specially protected to develop physically,

mentally and socially in a proper way.

• All children have the right to be attended in first place when

needed protection.

• Children must be protected from any kind of explotation, cruelty or

abandon.

• They have to be educated in solidarity, friendship and justice.

• Children can dennounce, alone or with other people help, of

anything they are done to them or to any other children.

MINOR LAW

Legislation

• Minors included

Reforma del Código

Civil (Ley 21/1987 del 21 de

noviembre)

• Reassertment

Ley de Garantías de los

Derechos de la Infancia y Adolescencia

de la Comunidad de Madrid (Law

6/1995, 28th March)

• Supported by court

Ley del Defensor

del Menor en la Comunidad de Madrid

(Law 5/1996, 8th July)

Law of child defense

• Versatility
• Procedures
• Resolutions
• Actions to prevent
• Report
• Organization and

assesment

• Forecast

Framework

• System of Child

Protection

– Under 18
– Foreigner or local
– Resident or

temporary

– Risky circumstances

• Organic Law

1/1996 of 15th
January

Risky conditions

• Definition
• Social Services
• Exclusion

– Tutelage
– Patria Potestas
– Custody

CHILD DEFENDER OFFICE

Competences

• Supervise children rights within

Madrid territory

• Recibe and solve complains
• Propose procedures o laws
• Spread the right of children
• Develop action to know children

environment

Other issues

• Attending people’s

questions

• Rating TV

programmes
according to children
audience

• Banishing access to

several web contents

• Supevising children

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