![]() ![]() In addition, many agencies have been created in Colombia over the past fifteen years to support the institutional child protective framework. In fact, the Constitution itself guarantees as fundamental rights for young people both “free expression of opinion” and “active participation in the private and public agencies that are charged with the protection, education, and progress of young people.” Many of Colombia’s laws strongly emphasize the importance of, and protection for, children expressing their own opinions, both in legal proceedings and in all other arenas of public life. The Domestic Violence Act (Law 294 of 1996) also restates the child’s right to freedom of expression as well as the preeminence of children’s rights and criminalizes domestic violence, but does not detail the specific rights of children in legal proceedings initiated in response to domestic violence. Colombia’s Juvenile Code of 1990 states that the child’s opinion must be heard either directly or through a representative in all judicial and administrative proceedings affecting the child. The Republic of Colombia has a formal child protective system. ![]()
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