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The Positive right to protection of children

Abstract:

The protection of these rights is an important priority for the state, which is why the Republic of Ecuador has been working systematically with the establishment of norms and public policies that guarantee their safety and integral development. The objective of this article is to analyze the Ecuadorian legal system regarding the protection of children and adolescents, in order to verify its relevance and adequacy to the reality of Ecuadorian children. In order to achieve the proposed objective, a diagnosis was made of the existing legal regulations on the rights of children and adolescents, some of the main deficiencies in the current regulations were defined, based on the criteria of experts, and finally, recommendations were established based on the results obtained. The diagnosis made made it possible to identify a series of deficiencies that, in the eyes of the experts consulted, are major weaknesses in the Ecuadorian regulatory system with respect to the protection of the rights of children and adolescents. The recommendations proposed as a result of the analysis carried out may help the process of continuous improvement of the current legislation and contribute to the achievement of new goals to reduce the figures currently observed in terms of child violence.