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El Salvador Enacts Child Protection
El Salvador Enacts Child Protection
San Salvador - The
governing party of El Salvador, ARENA, after
prolonged public demand and near the end of
its mandate, approved the Law of Integral
Protection of Children and Adolescents.
The text sanctioned by President Antonio
Saca became law after 20 years of signing
the International Convention of Children’s
Rights.
In a few weeks, on June 1, president elect
Mauricio Funes assumes power in the name of
the Farabundo Marti National Liberation
Front.
Despite the signature of Saca, putting into
practice the legal measure still requires a
regulation as well as budget support and
announcal its enforcement, noted the local
daily, El Diario de Hoy.
A commission formed by representatives of
strategic institutions of the president will
work during 2009 on the finer points, Saca
informed.
The law establishes universal education for
children and adolescents, prompt medical
attention in cases of emergency by any
hospital, either from the national network,
Social Security or private sector.
For its application a specialized
jurisdiction will be set up for children and
adolescents that includes the installation
of courts and chambers in charge of
enforcing the legal measure.
Recent reports in the Salvadorian press
informed that the current legislature of the
country will conclude without discussing
nearly a dozen important laws.
One of the pending regulations presented by
the FMLN in 2008 refers to access to
medicines, and proposes regulating prices
through generic production to high
commercial prices of brand name medicines.
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