Growing Together Act
Growing Together Act
Published on march 13 , 2023
Héctor Josué Deras Argueta - Associate
Last January 3, the "Growing Together Law for early childhood, childhood and adolescence", better known as "Growing Together Law", approved by the Legislative Assembly on June 22, 2022 and published in the Official Gazette No. 11 Volume 435 of June 22, 2022, became effective. This Law is made up of 308 articles.
Its purpose is to guarantee the exercise and full enjoyment of the rights of all children and adolescents, as well as to facilitate the fulfillment of their duties, regardless of their nationality.
It is divided into three books, which develop in an integrated manner the purpose of the law; these are:
- Book One. It establishes the guiding principles of the law and the rights and duties enjoyed by all children and adolescents.
- Book Two. It regulates the entities and institutions that are part of the National System of Integral Protection, which will be responsible for guaranteeing the full enjoyment of the rights of early childhood, childhood and adolescence.
- Book Three. It regulates the procedures and judicial processes that involve from early childhood to childhood and adolescence. This section defines the legal regime of those institutions that, with the entry into force of the Law, were dissolved, such as the Salvadoran Institute for the Integral Development of Children and Adolescents (ISNA) and the National Council for Children and Adolescents (CONNA), whose functions are now assumed by the National Council for Early Childhood, Children and Adolescents (CONAPINA).
With the entry into force of the law, the "Law for the Integrated Protection of Children and Adolescents" (LEPINA) and the "Special Law for the Regulation and Installation of Crèches for the Children of Workers" are repealed.
Among the outstanding points of the Growing Together Law, the following can be highlighted: the unification of normative bodies that were dispersed, as well as the search for the guarantee of the exercise and full enjoyment of the rights of all children and adolescents through the National Policy for Early Childhood, Childhood and Adolescence.
It is divided into three books, which develop in an integrated manner the purpose of the law; these are:
- Book One. It establishes the guiding principles of the law and the rights and duties enjoyed by all children and adolescents.
- Book Two. It regulates the entities and institutions that are part of the National System of Integral Protection, which will be responsible for guaranteeing the full enjoyment of the rights of early childhood, childhood and adolescence.
- Book Three. It regulates the procedures and judicial processes that involve from early childhood to childhood and adolescence. This section defines the legal regime of those institutions that, with the entry into force of the Law, were dissolved, such as the Salvadoran Institute for the Integral Development of Children and Adolescents (ISNA) and the National Council for Children and Adolescents (CONNA), whose functions are now assumed by the National Council for Early Childhood, Children and Adolescents (CONAPINA).
With the entry into force of the law, the "Law for the Integrated Protection of Children and Adolescents" (LEPINA) and the "Special Law for the Regulation and Installation of Crèches for the Children of Workers" are repealed.
Among the outstanding points of the Growing Together Law, the following can be highlighted: the unification of normative bodies that were dispersed, as well as the search for the guarantee of the exercise and full enjoyment of the rights of all children and adolescents through the National Policy for Early Childhood, Childhood and Adolescence.