Approve overall project on Service of Protection of the Childhood

MIL OSI Translation. Region: Spanish/Latin America/A –

Source: Chamber Of Deputies Of Chile

The parliamentarians of the Committee on the Constitution gave a backrest transverse to the initiative that created the Service of Protection of Children (bulletin 12027), one of the two entities that will replace the Sename, an institution that has been at the center of controversy due to serious cases of violation of the rights of children that must be protected and that has not been reformed since its creation, 40 years ago.

With the presence of the undersecretary of the Childhood, Carol Bown, mps approved in general, with 10 votes in favor, the initiative, which they hope to improve during your discussion in particular. In turn, they stated that they expect a unity of criteria and definitions in all the initiatives that are dealt with regarding the children.

The Service of Protection of Children is responsible for the specialized protection of minors and the restitution of the violated rights of children due to abuse or neglect. Also, look to the reparation of the consequences caused by such violations.

The deputy Gonzalo Fuenzalida (RN) acknowledged that it is complex to establish a new service of the children, but felt that there is the will to refine the legislative proposal.

“All the creations of specialized services, and you have to do charge of new institutions, they will always present doubts, because they have not worked in reality and, obviously, in practice there are many particularities. Which is why it is a sensitive one that requires your time and maturation. But there is a unanimous will to advance this project”, assessed.

He added that it seeks to “establish a Service for the child with all the powers, and with all the scope that the law provides, with all the protection that they need to have the minors, administrative measures and specialized, among others.”

For its part, the legislator

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