Abstract

CABALLERO PALOMINO, Sergio Andrés; CRUZ CADENA, Katerin Yulieth  and  TORRES BAYONA, Daniel Fabián. Need for unification of substantial and procedural rules in the exercise of the right to punish of children in Colombia offenders. Rev. repub. [online]. 2018, n.25, pp.69-85. ISSN 1909-4450.  https://doi.org/10.21017/rev.repub.2018.v25.a50.

The Childhood and Adolescence Code, establishes penalties for juvenile offenders in Colombia, which are ambiguous and also to implement the interpreter should refer to the Criminal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Rules of International Law, among others, often creating difficulty analysis, application of substantial standard pricing penalties, use of procedures, among other difficulties that are evident in legal practice, especially at the stage of investigation and prosecution, therefore in this research paper will develop the next question: Is there a need to unify the substantive and procedural rules for the application of the criminal law against young offenders in Colombia?. In conclusion, it must be to be dispersed standards childhood in different codes, domestic laws, international treaties and agreements, it is necessary to unify a code which integrates all rules aimed at children and adolescents in order to facilitate the interpretation and implementation in the respective criminal proceedings, even has the same Constitutional Court and the Attorney General's Office have urged Congress to unify the rules of childhood and adolescence.

Keywords : Minor offender; Ius Puniendi; substantive rules; procedural rules; unification.

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