Sistema de responsabilidad penal en adolescentes en Colombia

Abstract

The following monograph shows the effectiveness of the criminal responsibility system for adolescents (SRPA) procedures in Colombia, Chile. Taking into account that adolescents who have committed a violation of the law are entitled to rehabilitation and resocialization, through plans and programmes guaranteed by the State and implemented by the institutions and organizations determined by the state. The SRPA's role is to ensure that adolescent rights are respected and allows them to take responsibility for the actions they took by correcting their mistakes with the people they harmed. In addition to this, it has its normative framework in the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice, the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency, the United Nations Minimum Rules on Non-Custodial Measures and the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Deprived Minors. The monograph is made up of four chapters four chapters, in the first chapter the generalities of the investigation were established, in the second the processes that were carried out with the adolescents once they entered the criminal responsibility system for adolescents were identified; In the third chapter, the different sanctions or penalties applicable to adolescents who incur in each of the aforementioned countries were studied; the fourth chapter analyzed the effectiveness of the criminal responsibility system in Colombia, Chile and Peru.