title: Act No. 15.977 creating the National Institute of Minors to succeed the Children's Council and fixing its duties, 14 September 1988.
abstract: This Act creates in Uruguay the National Institute of Minors to succeed the Children's Council.  The following are the duties of the Institute: 1) to assist and protect from conception to the age of majority minors morally or materially abandoned; 2) to carry out all those activities having the objective of preventing the material or moral abandonment and antisocial conduct of minors; 3) to contribute, in conjunction with other specialized organizations, to the protection of handicapped minors even when they have not been abandoned; 4) to cooperate with parents, guardians, and educators in bringing about the material, intellectual, and moral improvement of minors; 5) to control the working conditions of minors without infringing upon the competency of the Executive Power; 6) to execute security measures arranged by competent authorities to achieve the rehabilitation and education of transgressing minors; 7) to support the activities of private nonprofit institutions with legal capacity that pursue similar objectives.  Further provisions of the Act set forth the resources, powers, and administration of the Institute, among other things.  Decree No. 877/988 of 27 December 1988 provides that the Institute is related to the Executive Power by means of the Ministry of Education and Culture.  See Diario Oficial de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay, Vol. 334, No. 22810, 17 February 1988, pp. 189A-190A.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004467:Economics; D004493:Education; D004651:Employment; D005581:Foster Home Care; D006285:Health Planning; D006280:Health Workforce; D007843:Latin America; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011640:Public Policy; D012946:Social Welfare; D013020:South America; D014583:Uruguay
keywords: Age Factors; Americas; Child; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Education--legal aspects; Handicapped--legal aspects; Human Resources; Labor Force--legal aspects; Latin America; Legislation; Minors--legal aspects; Organization And Administration; Orphans--legal aspects; Population; Population Characteristics; Program Activities; Programs; Social Protection; Social Welfare--legal aspects; South America; Uruguay; Youth