Abstract
El presente estudio asume la perspectiva de derecho comparado para analizar la evolución de la normativa respecto a la tutela y promoción de los derechos de los niños, hasta llegar a la situación actual. En la primera parte se toma en consideración la normativa internacional sobre promoción y protección de los sujetos menores de edad; en la segunda, se presenta el progreso y las reformas llevadas a cabo en el ordenamiento de la Iglesia católica, hasta las más recientes emanadas por el Papa Francisco. En ambas secciones se otorga especial importancia a las cuestiones relacionadas con la necesidad de una mayor protección del niño contra toda forma de abuso y explotación sexual
Highlights
The first part will take into consideration existing and former international legislation and, in the second part, we will consider the reforms put forward by the juridical system of the Catholic Church, those recently promulgated by Pope Francis
Debates and symposia have taken place within the academic world but, most of the time, these analyses have been limited in scope to the current state of child and adolescent protections, focusing their examination of child protection regulations on a single State or on the legislative reforms which were adopted following the ratification of the Treaty in specific Countries
As I have already highlighted in other research[5], the best approach to children’s rights is to prioritise a transversal understanding of some core legislative reforms for child protection, eliciting the affinities more than the discordances which exist in all legal systems —in our case, international and canonical— which recognise key universal and fundamental principles as the barycentre of their juridical makeup
Summary
It is well-known that across the world, in 2019, we commemorated the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child[1] (hereinafter referred to as the CRC). As I have already highlighted in other research[5], the best approach to children’s rights is to prioritise a transversal understanding of some core legislative reforms for child protection, eliciting the affinities more than the discordances which exist in all legal systems —in our case, international and canonical— which recognise key universal and fundamental principles as the barycentre of their juridical makeup. Our attention in this analysis shall focus on the protection of children against exploitation and sexual abuse. The Magisterium is considered an integral part of the juridical system of the Church which, as we know, is not limited to positive and codified law
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