Abstract

RAVETLLAT BALLESTE, ISAAC  and  SANABRIA MOUDELLE, CLAUDIA PATRICIA. The Human Rights of Children and Adolescents in Paraguay: Towards an Autonomous Defender who Looks After their Best Interest. Rev. Derecho Privado [online]. 2019, n.37, pp.57-84. ISSN 0123-4366.  https://doi.org/10.18601/01234366.n37.04.

The aim of this study is to question the functions performed by the current Department of Children and Adolescents of the Ombudsman of Paraguay and to highlight the need to create a new autonomous institution for the defense of the human rights of children. In this context, it will conclude with the recommendations considered essential so that figure has real functions to guarantee the rights of children and adolescents in Paraguay.

Keywords : Ombudsman for Children; Children's Rights; Defender of Children's Rights; Convention on the Rights of the Child; Best Interest of the Child.

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