- Children's Rights Institutions in Peru
- Ombudsman for Children and Adolescents of Peru
- SOS Children's Villages Peru
- Peruvian Episcopal Conference -
- National Institute of Child health
- Humanium
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- References
UNICEF: Rights of children and adolescents.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international treaty of the United Nations Organization whose main function is to guarantee the full enjoyment of the rights of children.
These rights include the right to non-discrimination, the right to life, survival and development, and the right to freedom of expression.
Children's Rights Institutions in Peru
There are several institutions in Peru in charge of ensuring the rights of children and adolescents. Among the most important, the following can be mentioned:
Ombudsman for Children and Adolescents of Peru
It is an institution in charge of promoting, defending and monitoring compliance with agreements related to the rights of children and adolescents.
As it is a decentralized service, there are about 2,200 ombudsmen throughout the Peruvian territory. The staff of this institution is trained in the legal and administrative areas for the effective performance of their functions.
SOS Children's Villages Peru
The children's villages have the main objective of working to guarantee the right of children to live as a family.
His team of professionals seeks to prevent the loss of family care for children. They provide care alternatives with families outside the child's or extended families (uncles, grandparents and cousins).
Peruvian Episcopal Conference -
This institution is specifically organized to serve the family and children's area. The Pastoral de Infancia is a service of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference whose main functions are the study of family reality, childhood and culture. They provide support and guidance services to other organizations that require assistance.
National Institute of Child health
This institute is an entity of the Peruvian State whose main mission is the professional, scientific and technological preparation of health professionals for specialized assistance to children and adolescents.
Its staff provides support in medical care, research, and health promotion in children and adolescents. They also seek to generate resources for quality professional assistance to vulnerable sectors due to their age.
Humanium
It is a Non-Governmental Organization in charge of the sponsorship of children, in order to protect the rights of children.
Although it is a global organization, it carries out work in Peru to develop assistance projects to deprived sectors of resources.
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
It is the UN's program for children, created in 1946. It has a presence in almost every country in the world, and focuses its actions on various spheres of work: child development, education, gender equality, childhood and child protection.
It is considered the largest supplier of vaccines in developing countries.
References
- SOS Peru Children's Villages. (sf). Retrieved on December 17, 2017 from Aldeas Infantiles: aldeasinfantiles.org.pe.
- Peruvian Episcopal Conference. (sf). Retrieved on December 17, 2017 from the Catholic Church in Peru: Iglesiacatolica.org.pe.
- Protection of children and adolescents. (sf). Retrieved on December 17, 2017 from UNICEF: unicef.org.
- Children's rights convention. (2017). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved on December 17, 2017 from Wikipedia: wikipedia.org.
- National Institute of Child Health. (sf). Retrieved on December 17, 2017 from INSN: insn.gob.pe.
- Ombudsman for Children and Adolescents of Peru. (2017). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved on December 17, 2017 from Wikipedia: wikipedia.org.
- UNICEF: United Nations Children's Fund - Office of the Secretary-General for Youth. (sf). Retrieved on December 17, 2017 from UN: un.org.