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Colombia signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 and later ratified the CRC on September 2, 1990. [1] Internally issues related to children are mostly under the Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar, or the ICBF, which is translated as the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare. The average school-leaving age in Colombia ...
Up until 2010, Colombia had featured every year for 21 years on the ILO blacklist of countries to be investigated for non-compliance with conventions concerning labour rights. [43] Colombia's removal from the ILO blacklist list in 2010 was cited by Colombian officials as a demonstration that respect for trade unions and for labour rights had ...
Colombia’s congress has voted to change a law that allowed minors to get married with parental consent. The proposal would make the minimum age for marriage 18, and seeks to protect the rights ...
The Ministry of Health and Social Protection (Spanish: Ministerio de Salud y de Protección Social, MinSalud) is one of the nineteen national executive ministries of the Government of Colombia, and is responsible for coordinating and implementing the national policy and social services relating to health and social security. [4]
The Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (Spanish: Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar; ICBF) is a Colombian government agency, in charge of preventing and protecting children and adolescents in vulnerable conditions.
The counties’ child welfare systems are under state supervision with one under full control of the state following an 8-year-old child’s death. Learn more details on these counties’ cases.
Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced the suspension after hearing concerns about in the DEA's transportation interdiction efforts, which include conducting consensual ...
The ombudsman, or People's Defender (Spanish: Defensor del Pueblo), is an official appointed by the President, and elected by the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, to head this agency. [4] The Ombudsman’s Office is funded through the Inspector General’s Office, but it operates independently in administration and budget. [4]