Attorney shall exercise special vigilance in Colombia to eradicate all forms of violence against children

The Attorney General's Office makes a special appeal to the community as the principle of responsibility referred to in Article 10 of Law 1098 of 2006 (Code of Childhood and Adolescence) promptly reported cases of violence against children, and adolescents and prevent violent incidents continue to present as occurred in the municipality of Fusagasugá (Cundinamarca), where the child Jean Pierre Garzon, 18 months old, died from blows inflicted by an adult.

The Attorney General's Office, Alejandro Ordóñez Maldonado, expressed solidarity with the parents and relatives of the child and also declare that this Control Authority continues to exercise supervision over state institutions in charge of taking cases like this, remembering that it is respected and protect the rights of children.

Likewise, require the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) to initiate the process of restoration of rights of the girl of 9 years of age that remains tied up in a warehouse in the city of Mocoa (Putumayo), as announced media, by decision of the stepmother, who argued to justify this act who have seen the girl smoking cigarette.

Attorney For these cases of violence should not be in a social state of law based on respect for human dignity, where minors have rights prevalent, which must be respected particularly within the family. The prosecution will continue to promote and ensure the effectiveness of these, for only thus can ensure a society that respects its children.