title: Act No. 56 of 1988 giving extraordinary powers to the President to issue a Minor's Code and to regulate other matters, 28 November 1988.
abstract: This Act gives extraordinary powers to the President of Colombia for a period of a year in which to issue a Minor's Code and to regulate the following matters among others: 1) the fundamental principles guiding the regulations for the protection of minors; 2) the definition of irregular situations in which minors find themselves; 3) the determination of ways minors finding themselves in these situations are to be protected; 4) the creation and organization of a regime of permanent family offices to take care of requests to protect minors; 5) the modification of substantive rules relating to adoption and the abolition of simple adoption; 6) the regulation of the obligation to support minors; 7) the determination of the function and responsibility of media in protecting the minor in moral and psychological terms; 8) the establishment of the jurisdiction of "Family Defenders" and the procedures they should follow to protect minors; 9) the establishment of the objectives, functions and responsibilities of the Minors' Police; 10) the establishment of protection for working minors; 11) the creation of an agency to oversee the activities of judges and persons defending minors; 12) the modification of the Penal Code to identify new crimes relating to the traffic in and exploitation of minors and failure to support minors and concealment of property; and 13) the modification of other laws relating to minors.  The Act also establishes a Government Advisory Commission to help the President.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000300:Adoption; D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D002654:Child Care; D002668:Child Rearing; D003105:Colombia; D003142:Communication; D003253:Consultants; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D006285:Health Planning; D006280:Health Workforce; D007843:Latin America; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008402:Mass Media; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011640:Public Policy; D013020:South America
keywords: Adoption--legal aspects; Advisory Services; Age Factors; Americas; Behavior; Child Rearing; Child Support--legal aspects; Colombia; Communication; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Human Resources; Labor Force; Latin America; Legislation; Mass Media; Minors--legal aspects; Organization And Administration; Population; Population Characteristics; Program Activities; Programs; Social Protection; South America