Medidas de protección aplicadas en el ámbito de la justicia en casos de maltrato infantil.

Abstract

This thesis work is: "Administrative Protection Measures in Case of Child Abuse in the Canton Libertad". The Cantonal Board for the Protection of Rights of the Canton La Libertad in the field of Children and Adolescents was investigated as a protection agency. The powers of the authority when dictating sanctioning measures to persons responsible for the mistreatment of minors, which generally occurs in their own family nucleus; However, in practice, according to the cases that have been studied, these measures turn out to be very slight, which is why they need to be modified. It is important that there are social prevention measures regarding the abuse of minors, enshrined by the Ecuadorian State, Society in general and the Family mainly, as they are administrative measures of protection granted to minors who suffer different forms of abuse such as abuse due to negligence, psychological abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, among other forms of abuse. Abuse carried out by people from the minor's, environment where there is a violation of their rights. Therefore, it is necessary to incorporate a reform to the Code for Children and Adolescents, to administrative protection measures.