Decision C-318/03 (on child’s rights)

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COUNTRY:

Colombia

DOCUMENT TYPE:

Judicial Decision

YEAR ADOPTED:

2003

Description

This decision—issued by the Plenary Chamber of the Constitutional Court in Colombia on April 24, 2003—clarifies that, both during the context of armed conflict and in peacetime in Colombia, there is a constitutional mandate to protect children’s rights.

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