2023-04-18 19:04:16
The Ombudsman for the Rights of Children and Adolescents came out to clarify that body guards are maintainedand “We answer the phone 24 hours a day”but ratified that the first to intervene in the case of children at risk “It is the Ministry of Social Developmentwhich is the body for the application of law 2302″.
The alarm was set off by organizations in defense of the rights of children and adolescents in Neuquén as a result of a protocol from the Public Defender’s Office signed by its owner, Vanina Merlo, and according to what they say “violates the access to justice for children and adolescents as guaranteed by Provincial Law 2302 on the Comprehensive Protection of Children and Adolescents”.
Monica Bellia pediatrician with training in the problem of child abuse, told this outlet that “Social Development does not have equipment or trained personnel to meet the demand. They are with force measures for salary claims and They don’t answer the phone”.
Defender of the Rights of Children and Adolescents Natalia Stornini claimed otherwise. «The personnel assigned by Social Development It is made up of professionals, psychologists, social workers, and they always attendwe have never had problems with the intervention ».
Misuse or abuse of resources
in dialogue with Black riverpointed out that the protocol that caused the controversy “is mandatory, so that each institution does what corresponds. We are accommodating the circuit because certain resources were misused or abused.”.
The comprehensive child protection system is a network that make up: Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Health, hospitals and health centers, Ministry of Education, schools, governmental and non-governmental organizations, security forces, the community as a whole, the Defenders of the Rights of Children and Children and the courts of family.
“Before they called us for us to call the Ministry,” Stornini continued. The intervention of the Ombudsman limited to specific issues: for example, the separation of a child at risk from their parents. This measure is ordered by the Family Court at the request of the defender.
Lack of sources
Before a consultation, Stornini admitted that “we all lack resources because we work with a sensitive, urgent theme, everyone needs now, now. Line 102, hospitals, everyone lack resources.
And he assured that “if Social Development does not provide sufficient resources, legal action can be filed. I did it when she was a defender at Cutral Co ».
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