“UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA LOS ÁNGELES DE

CHIMBOTE” The rights of girls, boys and adolescents have been

enshrined in a particular way in the International Convention
on the Rights of the Child, which recognizes children and
adolescents as subjects of rights. This Convention was
ratified by the Peruvian State on September 4, 1990.
The main national normative instrument is the Children and
Adolescents Code, which was issued within the framework of
RIGHTS OF GIRLS, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
compliance with the obligations established in the
Convention on the Rights of the Child.
According to the UNICEF study "State of the Childhood in
Peru" (2010), 36% of the Peruvian population would be made
up of children and adolescents from 0 to 17 years old (10,
571,879). Of this figure, around 45% of them and they would
live in poverty. This situation of vulnerability requires special
protection on the part of the State, the family and the
community.

CAREER : DERECHO

SUBJECT : INGLES II

TEACHER : LUGO VALDIVIANO Yesica

STUDENT : ROBLES MACEDO Yeny

2018
PROPOSAL FOR THE NEW CHILD AND ADOLESCENT
CODE AWAKE CONCERN
The proposal of the new Child and Adolescent Code
prepared by the Commission of Justice and Human Rights of
the Congress has generated concern in civil society,
especially in institutions that work for children and
adolescents, for the inclusion of a series of provisions that
they mean a setback in the rights of children. The main
concerns are: the right to opinion and participation, physical
and humiliating punishment, the right to sexual and
reproductive health for those over 14 years of age and the
absence of an inclusive language.
1. The right to participation and opinion of children and
adolescents is curtailed, limiting their exercise only under
the supervision of parents and only within the family and
school. This goes against the International Convention on
the Rights of the Child of the United Nations, signed by
Peru, which guarantees children and adolescents full
respect for the right to express their opinions and
participate.
2. It does not include the express prohibition of sexual
violence and physical and humiliating punishment. There
is no express reference to the prohibition of sexual
violence against children and adolescents. This omission
does not allow visualizing sexual violence as one of the
most serious forms of violence faced by children and
adolescents due to their special situation of vulnerability.
3. The absence of an inclusive language of gender in the
proposal is worrying, since "the girl" is not mentioned. Only
children are spoken in generic terms. This absence,
experts in children's rights have warned, implies a risk of
discrimination for girls because the specificity of the child's
reality and her rights are not recognized.
4. Adolescents can only access information about sexual
health and reproductive with parental authorization. The
proposed new Code also limits the role of the school in the
sexual education of students. This means a worrisome
setback that, according to several specialists, would
aggravate the current high rates of teen pregnancy.