During the presentation of the law in the Fifth Ordinary Period of Sessions, the Minister of Education, Naima Trujillo, explained that in the popular consultation more than 200,000 people contributed their opinions.

She detailed that the temporary group in charge of drafting the law included the presence of 28 agencies, organizations, institutions, entities, as well as experts, academics, researchers, university professors and other collaborators.

The code presents references based on the Constitution of the Republic, the Family Code, the Comprehensive Policy for Children, Adolescents and Youth itself, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international treaties related to addressing the situation of disability, women, gender, skin color and inclusion.

The minister commented that the normative provision “has been targeted towards regulating the full exercise of the rights of girls, boys, adolescents and young people, the fulfillment of their duties and establishing the institutional framework destined to guarantee their protection, participation, inclusion and contribution to social development.”

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