Decree 1310 of 1990 (creating the Inter-Institutional Committee for the Defense, Protection, and Promotion of Human Rights of Children and Adolescents)

COUNTRY:

Colombia

DOCUMENT TYPE:

Other

YEAR ADOPTED:

1990

Description

This decree was issued by the President of the Republic of Colombia on June 20, 1990. The decree creates the Inter-Institutional Committee for the Defense, Protection, and Promotion of Human Rights of Children and Adolescents. The decree addresses designing programs, activities, and policies; conducting research studies to establish a mechanism for effective implementation of regulations on the rights and freedoms of minors under eighteen (18) years of age; and encouraging the development of programs for the defense, protection, and promotion of childhood rights and youth.