ReservationsAs amended by the Protocol of Amendment to the Charter of the Organization of American States "Protocol of Buenos Aires", signed on February 27, 1967, at the Third Special Inter-American Conference,by the Protocol of Amendment...
List of ratificationsThe General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Fifty-eighth Session on 6 June 1973, andHaving...
PreambleThe High Contracting Parties, Considering that the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights approved on 10 December 1948 by the General Assembly have affirmed the principle that human beings shall enjoy...
Part OneGeneral Principles1. Fundamental perspectives
1.1 Member States shall seek, in conformity with their respective general interests, to further the well-being of the juvenile and her or his family.
1.2 Member States shall endeavour to develop...
I. Fundamental Perspectives 1. The juvenile justice system should uphold the rights and safety and promote the physical and mental well-being of juveniles. Imprisonment should be used as a last resort. 2. Juveniles should only be deprived of their...
I. Fundamental Principles1. The prevention of juvenile delinquency is an essential part of crime prevention in society. By engaging in lawful, socially useful activities and adopting a humanistic orientation towards society and outlook on life,...
Status of ratifications Declarations and reservationsThe States Parties to this Convention, Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the equal and inalienable rights of all...
LOS ESTADOS PARTES DE LA PRESENTE CONVENCIÓN,RECONOCIENDO que el respeto irrestricto a los derechos humanos ha sido consagrado en la Declaración Americana de los Derechos y Deberes del Hombre y en la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos y...
CONSIDERANDO:Que los pueblos americanos han dignificado la persona humana y que sus constituciones nacionales reconocen que las instituciones jurídicas y políticas, rectoras de la vida en sociedad, tienen como fin principal la protección de los...
WHEREAS: The American peoples have acknowledged the dignity of the individual, and their national constitutions recognize that juridical and political institutions, which regulate life in human society, have as their principal aim the protection of...