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Law General Of The Rights Of Girls, Children And Adolescents

Original Language Title: Ley General de los Derechos de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes

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EXECUTIVE BRANCH

SECRETARY OF GOVERNMENT

DECREE issuing the General Law on the Rights of Girls, Children and Adolescents, and reforming various provisions of the General Law of Service for Care, Care and Child Integral Development.

On the sidelines a seal with the National Shield, which reads: United Mexican States.-Presidency of the Republic.

ENRIQUE PEÑA NIETO, President of the United Mexican States, to its inhabitants known:

That the Honorable Congress of the Union, has served to address the following

DECREE

"THE GENERAL CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES MEXICANS, DECREES:

THE GENERAL LAW OF THE RIGHTS OF GIRLS, BOYS AND ADOLESCENTS IS EXPECTED, AND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL LAW ON THE PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR CHILD CARE, CARE AND INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT

ARTICLE FIRST. The General Law on the Rights of Girls, Children and Adolescents is issued.

GENERAL LAW ON THE RIGHTS OF GIRLS, BOYS AND ADOLESCENTS

TITLE FIRST

Of General Provisions

Item 1. Law is of public order, social interest and general observance in the national territory, and has as its object:

I.              Recognize girls, boys and adolescents as rightholders, in accordance with the principles of universality, interdependence, indivisibility and progressiveness; in the terms set out in Article 1. of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States;

II.             To ensure the full exercise, respect, protection and promotion of the human rights of girls, boys and adolescents in accordance with the Constitution of the United Mexican States and in international treaties of which the Mexican State is a party;

III.            Create and regulate the integration, organization and functioning of the National System of Integral Protection of the Rights of Girls, Children and Adolescents, in order to ensure that the State complies with its responsibility to guarantee protection, comprehensive prevention and restitution of the rights of girls, children and adolescents who have been infringed;

IV.           Establish the guiding principles and criteria that will guide the national policy on the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, as well as the faculties, competencies, concurrency and coordination bases between the Federation, the Federal entities, municipalities and territorial demarcations of the Federal District; and the performance of the Legislative and Judicial Powers, and the autonomous constitutional bodies, and

V.            Establish the general bases for participation of the private and social sectors in actions to ensure the protection and exercise of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, as well as to prevent their violation.

Article 2. To ensure the protection of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, the authorities will take action and take action, in accordance with the principles of established in this Law. For this purpose, they shall:

I.              Ensure a comprehensive, cross-sectional, human rights perspective in the design and implementation of government policies and programs;

II.             Promote participation, take into account the opinion and consider the cultural, ethical, affective, educational and health aspects of girls, boys and adolescents, in all those matters of their responsibility, according to their age, evolutionary, cognitive and maturity development, and

III.            Establish transparent mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of policies, government programs, legislation and commitments derived from international treaties in the field.

The higher interest of children should be considered in the primary way in decision-making on a debated issue involving girls, boys and adolescents. When different interpretations are presented, the one that most effectively satisfies this guiding principle will be chosen.

When a decision is taken that affects girls, children, or adolescents, individually or collectively, the possible repercussions should be evaluated and weighted in order to safeguard their interest. higher and their procedural guarantees.

The authorities of the Federation, of the federal entities, of the municipalities and of the territorial demarcations of the Federal District, in the field of their competences, will have to incorporate in their budget projects the allocation of resources to enable compliance with the actions established by this Law.

The Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union, the local Congresses and the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District, will establish in their respective budgets the resources they will allow to comply with the actions established by this Law.

Article 3. The Federation, the federal entities, the municipalities and the territorial demarcations of the Federal District, in the field of their respective competences, will participate in the fulfillment of the object of this Law, for the design, execution, monitoring and Evaluation of public policies in the field of exercise, respect, protection and promotion of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, as well as to ensure their maximum possible well-being by giving priority to their higher interest through measures structural, legal, administrative and budgetary.

Public policies should contribute to the physical, psychological, economic, social, cultural, environmental, and civic training of girls, boys, and adolescents.

Article 4. For the purposes of this Act, it is understood by:

I.              Affirmative actions: Actions of a temporary nature, of policies and practices of a legislative, administrative and jurisdictional nature that are corrective, compensatory and of promotion, aimed at accelerating the substantive equality between girls, boys and girls;

II.             Residential Welcome: The one provided by social assistance centers as a special measure of protection of a subsidiary character, which will be of last resort and for the shortest possible time, prioritizing the options of care in a family environment;

III.            Adoption International: Aquella to be carried out in terms of the provisions of international treaties in the field;

IV.           Reasonable adjustments: The necessary and appropriate modifications and adaptations that do not impose a disproportionate or undue burden, when required in a particular case, to ensure that girls, children and adolescents with disabilities are exercise, on an equal footing with others, of all human rights and fundamental freedoms;

V.            Social Assistance Center: The establishment, place or space of alternative care or residential accommodation for girls, children and adolescents without parental or family care provided by public, private and public institutions associations;

VI.           Certificate of Suitability: The document issued by the National DIF System and the Systems of the Entities, or by the central authority of the country of origin of the adopters in the cases of international adoptions, by virtue of which determines that the adoption applicants are fit for this;

VII.          CONEVAL: National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy;

VIII.         Universal Design: The design of products, environments, programs and services that can be used by girls, children and adolescents, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. Universal design will not exclude technical aids for girls, children and adolescents with disabilities when needed;

IX.           Multiple Discrimination: The situation of specific vulnerability in which girls, boys and adolescents are found who, being discriminated against because they have different conditions at the same time, see their rights annulled or undermined;

X.            Family of Origin: Aquella made up of holders of the homeland power, guardianship, guardianship or custody, regarding whom girls, boys and adolescents have ascending parentage up to the second degree;

XI.           Extended or Extended Family: Aquella composed of the ascendants of girls, boys and adolescents in a straight line without limitation of grade, and the collateral up to the fourth grade;

XII.          Family of Host: Aquella that has the certification of the competent authority and provides care, protection, positive parenting and the promotion of the social welfare of girls, children and adolescents for a limited time until they are be able to ensure a permanent option with the family of origin, extended or adoptive;

XIII.         Pre-adoptive Family of Acoustic: Aquella, other than the family of origin and the extensive family that provisionally hosts in its bosom girls, children and adolescents for adoption purposes, and who assumes all the obligations in terms of its care and protection, in accordance with the principle of the best interests of children;

XIV.        Substantive Equality: Access to the same treatment and opportunities for the recognition, enjoyment or exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms;

XV.         Adoptability Report: The document issued by the National DIF System and the Entities ' Systems, which contains information on identity, social media, personal and family evolution that determines the adoptability of girls, children and adolescents;

XVI.        Tribunal: Federal courts or tribunals or federal courts;

XVII.       Protection of Protection: The Federal Attorney General's Office for the Protection of Girls, Children and Adolescents and the protection of girls, boys and adolescents from each federal entity;

XVIII.      Local Program: The Child, Child and Adolescent Protection Program of each federal entity;

XIX.        National Program: The National Program for the Protection of Girls, Children and Adolescents;

XX.         Integral Protection: Set of mechanisms to be implemented in the three government orders in order to guarantee in a universal and specialized manner in each of the subjects related to the human rights of girls, boys and adolescents in accordance with the guiding principles of this Law, the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and the international treaties of which the Mexican State is a party;

XXI.        Intervener representation: The accompaniment of girls, boys and adolescents in the judicial and administrative procedures, which in an informal manner, will be in charge of the Attorney General's Office, according to their respective areas of competence, without prejudice to the intervention of the Public Ministry;

XXII.       Original Representation: The representation of girls, boys and adolescents in charge of those who exercise the parental rights or guardianship, in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other applicable provisions;

XXIII.      Representation in Substitute: The representation of girls, boys and adolescents in charge of the Protection of Protection, according to their respective fields of competence, without prejudice to the intervention that corresponds to the Ministry Public;

XXIV.      Systems of the Entities: The Systems for Integral Development of the Family of each Federative Entity;

XXV.       Local Protection System: The Child, Child and Adolescent Protection System of each federative entity;

XXVI.      Municipal Systems: Municipal Systems for Integral Development of the Family;

XXVII.     DIF National System: The National System for Integral Family Development;

XXVIII.    National System of Integral Protection: The National System of Integral Protection of Girls, Children and Adolescents, and

XXIX.      International Treaties: The international treaties in force on the rights of girls, boys and girls of which the Mexican State is a party.

Article 5. They are girls and boys under the age of twelve, and adolescents are those aged between twelve years and under eighteen years of age.

When there is doubt as to whether it is a person over the age of eighteen, it will be presumed that he is a teenager. Where there is a doubt as to whether it is a person older or younger than twelve years, it is presumed that he is a child or a child.

Article 6. For the purposes of Article 2 of this Act, they are guiding principles, the following:

I.              The best interest of childhood;

II.             The universality, interdependence, indivisibility, progressiveness and integrality of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, in accordance with the provisions of articles 1o. and 4. of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States as well as in international treaties;

III.            Substantive equality;

IV.           Non-discrimination;

V.            The inclusion;

VI.           The right to life, to survival and to development;

VII.          The participation;

VIII.         Interculturality;

IX.           The co-responsibility of family members, society and the authorities;

X.            Mainstreaming in legislation, public policy, administrative, economic and cultural activities;

XI.           Progressive autonomy;

XII.          The pro person principle;

XIII.         Access to a life free of violence, and

XIV.        Accessibility.

Article 7. Federal laws and federal entities must ensure the exercise, respect, protection and promotion of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents; as well as provide for, primarily, the actions and mechanisms to enable them to full growth and comprehensive development.

Article 8. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers, promote the culture of respect, promotion and protection of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, based on the guiding principles of this Law.

Article 9. In the absence of an express provision in the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, in international treaties, in this Law or in other provisions applicable, shall be subject to the general principles deriving from and in the absence of such orders, to the general principles of law, giving priority to the guiding principles of this Law at all times.

Article 10. The application of this Law shall take into account the particular conditions of girls, boys and adolescents in the different population groups. protect the equal exercise of all your rights.

Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers, shall adopt measures Special protection for the rights of girls, boys and girls who are vulnerable to specific circumstances of a socio-economic, food, psychological, physical, disability, cultural identity, ethnic origin or national, migratory or appatridia status, or well, related to gender, sexual preference, religious beliefs or cultural practices, or others that restrict or limit the exercise of their rights.

Article 11. It is the duty of the family, the community to which they belong, the State and, in general, all members of society, respect and aid for protection. rights for girls, boys, and adolescents, as well as guaranteeing them an adequate level of life.

Article 12. It is an obligation for every person to have knowledge of cases of girls, boys, and adolescents who suffer or have suffered, in any form, violation of their rights, to do so with the immediate knowledge of the competent authorities, so that the relevant investigation can be followed and, where appropriate, implement the precautionary, protective and comprehensive refund measures in respect of terms of the applicable provisions.

TITLE SECOND

Girls, Children and Adolescents Rights

Item 13. For the purposes of this Law, the following are the rights of children, children and adolescents, without limitation, the following:

I.              Right to life, to survival and development;

II.             Right of priority;

III.            Right to identity;

IV.           Right to live in family;

V.            Right to substantive equality;

VI.           Right not to be discriminated against;

VII.          Right to live in conditions of well-being and healthy integral development;

VIII.         Right to a life free of violence and personal integrity;

IX.           Right to the protection of health and social security;

X.            Right to the inclusion of girls, children and adolescents with disabilities;

XI.           Right to education;

XII.          Right to rest and recreation;

XIII.         Right to freedom of ethical convictions, thought, conscience, religion and culture;

XIV.        Right to freedom of expression and access to information;

XV.         Right of participation;

XVI.        Right of association and meeting;

XVII.       Right to privacy;

XVIII.      Right to legal and due process security;

XIX.        Rights of girls, boys and adolescent migrants, and

XX.         The right of access to information and communication technologies, as well as to broadcasting and telecommunications services, including broadband and the Internet, in terms of the provisions of the Federal Telecommunications Law and Broadcasting. For such purposes, the State shall establish conditions of effective competition in the provision of such services.

The federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and the territorial districts of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers, will adopt the measures necessary to guarantee these rights to all girls, boys and girls without discrimination of any kind or condition.

Chapter First

From the Right to Life, Survival and Development

Item 14. Girls, children and adolescents have the right to be preserved for life, survival and development.

The authorities of the Federal District, the Federal District, municipal authorities and the territorial demarcations of the Federal District will have to carry out the necessary actions to ensure development and to prevent any conduct that attacks their survival, as well as to effectively investigate and punish the acts of deprivation of life.

Item 15. Girls, children and adolescents should enjoy a full life in conditions commensurate with their dignity and in conditions that guarantee their integral development.

Item 16. Girls, children and adolescents have the right not to be deprived of life under any circumstances, nor to be used in armed or violent conflicts.

Chapter Second

Priority Law

Article 17. Girls, children and adolescents have the right to be given priority in the exercise of all their rights, especially:

I.              Be provided with protection and relief in any circumstance and with the necessary opportunity;

II.             They are in store before adult people in all services, on equal terms, and

III.            Be considered for the design and execution of the public policies necessary for the protection of your rights.

Article 18. In all measures concerning girls, children and adolescents who take the courts, administrative authorities and legislative bodies, it will be taken in It counts, as a primary consideration, the best interest of childhood. These authorities will develop the necessary mechanisms to ensure principle.

Third Chapter

From Right to Identity

Article 19. Girls, children and adolescents, in terms of the applicable civil law, since birth, are entitled to:

I.              Count on behalf and the surnames that correspond to them, as well as to be registered in the respective Civil Registry immediately and free of charge, and to be issued in an agile and free way the first certified copy of the minutes corresponding, in the terms of the applicable provisions;

II.             Count on nationality, in accordance with the provisions of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and international treaties;

III.            Learn about their parentage and their origin, as far as possible and whenever this is in accordance with the best interests of children, and

IV.           Preserve your identity, including name, nationality, and cultural membership, as well as your family relationships.

The federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and the territorial districts of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers, will have to collaborate. in the search, location and collection of the information necessary to establish or restore the identity of girls, boys and adolescents.

The Protection of Protection, in the field of their respective competences, will guide the authorities concerned to give due respect to this article.

When there are processes or procedures that result in the surnames of girls, boys and adolescents, they will have the right to have a say in and to be taken into account, according to their age, evolutionary, cognitive and maturity development.

The lack of documentation to prove the identity of girls, boys and adolescents will not be an obstacle to guaranteeing their rights.

Article 20. Girls, children and adolescents of foreign nationality who are in national territory, have the right to verify their identity with the documents issued by the competent authority or other means provided for in the Law on Migration and other applicable provisions.

In cases where girls, boys or adolescents meet the requirements to obtain Mexican nationality, they will be provided with all the facilities to give them a treatment. priority.

Article 21. For the purposes of the maternity and paternity recognition of girls, boys and adolescents, as well as in relation to the rights and obligations arising from parentage and parentage, the applicable civil law shall be governed. refusal of the paternity or maternity test, the competent authority, unless proof to the contrary, assumes that it is the parent or parent respectively.

Chapter Fourth

From Right to Living in Family

Article 22. Girls, children and adolescents have the right to live in the family. The lack of resources cannot be considered sufficient grounds to separate them from their family of origin or the family members with whom they live, nor does it cause for the loss of the parental authority.

Girls, children and adolescents may not be separated from persons who exercise the parental authority or their guardians and, in terms of the applicable provisions, of persons who have their custody and custody, unless the competent authority, in which the origin of the separation is determined, is determined in compliance with the preservation of the best interests of the child, in accordance with the causes laid down in the laws and through due process in which the right of audience of all the parties involved. In all cases, the opinion of girls, boys and adolescents according to their age, evolutionary development, cognitive and maturity will be taken into account.

The cases in which people who exercise parental authority, by extreme poverty or by the need to earn a living away from the place of residence, have difficulty attending to Girls, boys, and adolescents on a permanent basis will not be considered as an exposure or a state of abandonment, provided that they are kept in the care of other people, free of violence, and provide their subsistence.

Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and the territorial districts of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers, are obliged to establish family strengthening policies to prevent the separation of girls, boys, and adolescents from those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or guardianship and custody.

Article 23. Girls, children and adolescents whose families are separated, will have the right to live or maintain personal relationships and direct contact with their family members where the competent court determines that this is contrary to the best interests of the child, without prejudice to the protective and protective measures which are given by the competent authorities in the Member States, except in cases where the competent court determines that this is contrary to the best interests of children; (a) the right to a hearing of the Court of all involved parties, especially girls, children and adolescents.

Also, girls, boys and adolescents have the right to live with their families when they are deprived of their freedom. The competent judicial and penitentiary authorities shall ensure this right and establish the necessary conditions for such coexistence to take place in an appropriate manner, in accordance with the applicable provisions. This right may be restricted only by a decision of the competent court, provided that it is not contrary to its superior interest.

Article 24. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective competencies, establish the rules and mechanisms necessary to facilitate the localization and reunification of the family of girls, boys and adolescents, when they have been deprived of it, as long as it is not contrary to their interests higher.

During the location of the family, girls, boys and adolescents have the right to access alternative care modalities of a temporary nature, as they are incorporated into their family.

For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, the DIF National System and the Entities ' Systems shall grant a corresponding reception in accordance with the provisions of Title IV, Chapter 1 of this Law and other applicable provisions.

Article 25. Federal laws and federal entities shall contain provisions to prevent and punish the unlawful transfer or retention of girls, boys and adolescents when occur in violation of the rights attributed individually or jointly to the persons or institutions exercising the parental rights, the guardianship or the custody and custody, and shall provide for expeditious procedures to guarantee the exercise of those rights rights.

In cases of illegal transfers or retentions of girls, boys and adolescents outside the national territory, the person concerned may submit the application for a refund in respect of the Secretariat for External Relations, in order for the Secretariat to carry out the corresponding actions within the framework of its powers, in accordance with the provisions of international instruments and other applicable provisions.

When the authorities of the federal entities have knowledge of cases of girls, children and adolescents of Mexican nationality transferred or held illegally in the shall be coordinated with the competent federal authorities, in accordance with the other applicable provisions, for their location and return.

When a child, child, or adolescent is unlawfully transferred or held in national territory, or has been lawfully transferred but unlawfully withheld, The federal authorities, the federal authorities, municipal authorities and the territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective competences, will be obliged to assist in their location, through the programs for the search, location and recovery, as well as for the adoption of all measures necessary to prevent further damage and the substantiation of the emergency procedures necessary to ensure their immediate return, where the same results from the international treaties in question child abduction matter.

Article 26. The National DIF System or the Entities ' Systems shall provide special protection measures for girls, boys and girls who have been separated from their family of origin by judicial resolution.

The competent authorities shall ensure that they receive all the care required for their family distress. In such cases, in accordance with applicable civil law, the National DIF System or the Entities ' Systems, as the case may be, shall ensure that girls, boys and adolescents:

I.              Be located with your extended or extended family for your care, provided that is possible and is not contrary to your higher interest;

II.             Sean received by a host family as a protective measure, of a temporary nature, in cases in which neither the parents nor the extended family of girls, boys and adolescents could take over;

III.            Be subject to the pre-adopted reception as a phase within the adoption procedure, which involves the involvement of girls, boys and adolescents, in respect of which the condition of adoptability has already been declared, with its new environment and determine the family's suitability to become a foster family;

IV.           In the DIF National System, as well as the Systems of Municipal Entities and Systems, in the field of their respective competencies, they will have to register, train, evaluate and certify the families that are suitable, considering the requirements outlined for pre-adoption accommodation, or

V.            Be placed, given the specific characteristics of each case, in residential accommodation provided by social assistance centers for the shortest possible time.

This special protection measure will have a subsidiary character, prioritizing care options in a family environment.

The competent authority must consider the best interests of children to determine the most appropriate option and, if necessary, restore their right to live in family.

The National DIF System and the Entities ' Systems at all times will be responsible for monitoring the situation in which girls, boys and adolescents are found once there is a completed the reception.

Article 27. Those interested in adopting girls, children and adolescents who are under the protection of the protection of the Attorney General's Office, may submit the corresponding application to the said instances.

The Protection of Protection, in the field of their respective competences, will carry out the psychological, economic, social work and all those necessary for the determine the suitability of those who request the adoption, in the terms of the applicable laws. The appropriate certificate of suitability shall be issued by the appropriate Attorney's Office.

The allocation of girls, boys and adolescents can only be awarded to a pre-adoptive host family with a certificate of suitability. For this purpose, the following shall be observed:

I.              Girls, children and adolescents, whenever possible according to their age, cognitive development and degree of maturity, will be heard and their opinion will be fundamental for the determination that the court will adopt competent;

II.             It shall be taken into account that the conditions in the pre-adoptive family of accommodation are suitable for the integral development of girls, boys and adolescents, in accordance with the principle of best interest of childhood;

III.            It will take into consideration the degree of kinship; the affinity and affectivity relationship; the origin, the community and the cultural conditions in which girls, boys and adolescents develop, and

IV.           It will be sought not to separate sisters and brothers, but if there is a need for this, measures will be put in place to maintain links of coexistence, contact and permanent communication.

Article 28. The protection authorities, who in their respective fields of competence, have authorized the assignment of girls, children or adolescents to a family of pre-adoptive reception, must follow up the coexistence between them and the process of adaptation in accordance with their new situation, in order to prevent or overcome difficulties that may arise.

In cases where the Attorney General's Office finds that the conditions for the adaptation of children, children or adolescents with the family of pre-adopted foster care were not consolidated, proceed to initiate the procedure in order to reinstate them to the appropriate system and a new assignment will be made, where appropriate.

When any violation of the rights of assigned girls, boys or adolescents is verified, the competent system will revoke the assignment and exercise the powers granted to it. This Law and other applicable provisions.

Adoption procedures shall be de-drowned in accordance with applicable civil law.

Article 29. It corresponds to the National DIF System, as well as to the Systems of the Entities and the Municipal Systems, in the field of their respective competences:

I.              Provide advisory and legal assistance services to individuals who wish to assume the family character of a pre-adoptive family of girls, children or adolescents, as well as their training;

II.             Make assessments of the suitability of the conditions of those who intend to adopt, and issue the relevant opinions, as well as to make the relevant recommendations to the court, and

III.            To have a system of information that allows children, children and adolescents whose legal or family situation to be subject to adoption, as well as the list of applicants for adoption, to be registered, The Federal Office of the Attorney General of the Federal Republic of Germany (PGR) has been closed.

Article 30. In the field of adoptions, federal laws and federal entities shall contain minimum provisions covering the following:

I.              Provide that girls, boys and adolescents are adopted in full respect of their rights, in accordance with the principle of best interest of children;

II.             Ensure that the opinion of girls, boys and adolescents is heard and taken into account according to their age, evolutionary development, cognitive and degree of maturity, in terms of this Law;

III.            Ensure that legal advice is given to both those who consent to the adoption and to those who accept it, so that they know the legal, family and social scope of the adoption;

IV.           Have the necessary actions to verify that the adoption is not motivated by economic benefits for those involved in it, and

V.            The federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and the territorial districts of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective competences, will ensure that the rules are respected in the adoption processes. to the rijan.

Article 31. With international adoption, the applicable legislation must provide for the rights of children, children and adolescents to be adopted. are guaranteed at all times and are in the best interest of childhood, as well as ensuring that this adoption is not carried out for sale, subtraction, withholding or illegal concealment, trafficking, human trafficking, exploitation, worse forms of child labour or any unlawful action against the same.

In international adoption proceedings, the report of adoptability by the National DIF System or the Entities ' Systems and, once the The competent court shall grant the adoption, upon request of the adopters, the Secretariat of Foreign Relations shall issue the corresponding certification, in accordance with international treaties.

The State will follow up the coexistence and adaptation process according to its new situation, in order to prevent or overcome the difficulties that may arise.

People working in the social work and psychology of public and private institutions involved in international adoption procedures, in terms of In international treaties, they shall have the authorization and registration of the National DIF System and the Systems of the entities in the field of their competence.

The international adoption of a child, child or adolescent of Mexican nationality shall proceed when the corresponding authorities have established that the child is responding to the interest higher than childhood, after having properly examined the possibilities of the child, child or adolescent for national adoption.

Article 32. People who pursue professions in social work and psychology or like-minded careers of public and private institutions conducting socioeconomic studies, Psychological and psychosocial adoption reports shall meet the following requirements:

I.              Have a degree and professional bachelor's degree in social work, psychology or related careers;

II.             Demonstrate experience in child and adolescent development, family, partner, or adoption issues;

III.            Accredit minimum two-year work experience, in social work or psychology, or in the care of girls, children or adolescents subject to social care or adoption applicants;

IV.           Submit a letter of commitment from the private assistance institution that proposes to the professional in question to the National DIF System, and the Entities ' Systems, in the cases of professionals seeking to enter private institutions;

V.            Not having been convicted of intentional crimes;

VI.           Present evidence of the institution of private assistance indicating that professional persons in social work or related psychology or careers are employed persons with fixed monthly remuneration, and

VII.          The National DIF System and the Entities ' Systems shall issue the corresponding authorisations and keep a record of them.

Article 33. When persons who work in public and private institutions contravene the rights of girls, boys and adolescents or engage in acts contrary to the interests of the of the child, the National DIF System and the Systems of the Entities shall revoke the authorization and record the cancellation referred to in the previous article.

The professional persons to whom the authorization is revoked will be disabled and bolted by the National DIF System and the Systems of the Entities, in order to avoid adoptions. contrary to the higher interest of childhood. The above, without prejudice to the penalties provided for in the applicable legal provisions.

For the revocation of the authorizations and disablement referred to in this article, the provisions on administrative procedure applicable in the fields shall be followed. federal or federal entities, as appropriate.

Any person may file a complaint with the National DIF System and the Entities ' Systems if they consider that the assumptions provided in the first paragraph of this paragraph are updated. Article.

Article 34. Federal laws and federal entities shall ensure compliance with the obligations outlined in this Chapter.

Article 35. The competent authorities for the integral development of the family and public and private institutions shall offer free guidance, courses and advice, as well as therapeutic services in the field of couples, maternity and paternity, among others.

Chapter Fifth

From Right to Sustained Equality

Article 36. Girls, boys and girls are entitled to equal treatment and opportunities for the recognition, enjoyment or exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Item 37. The authorities of the Federation, of the federal entities, of the municipalities and of the territorial demarcations of the Federal District, in order to guarantee the substantive equality shall:

I.              Mainstreaming the gender perspective in all its actions and seek the use of non-sexist language in its official documents;

II.             Designing, implementing and evaluating programs, public policies through affirmative actions aimed at removing obstacles that prevent equal access and opportunities for food, education and care medical among girls, boys and adolescents;

III.            Implement specific actions to achieve the elimination of sexist customs, traditions, prejudices, roles and stereotypes or any other kind that are based on the idea of inferiority;

IV.           Establish measures aimed primarily at girls and adolescents belonging to groups and regions with greater educational lag or who face economic and social conditions of disadvantage for the exercise of rights contained in this Act;

V.            Establish the institutional mechanisms that guide the Mexican State toward the fulfillment of substantive equality in the public and private spheres, promoting the empowerment of girls and adolescents;

VI.           Develop permanent campaigns to raise awareness of the rights of girls and adolescents.

Article 38. The rules applicable to girls and adolescents should be aimed at making the right to visit, promote, respect, protect and guarantee their rights at all times. to achieve substantive equality with respect to children and adolescents; and, in general, to the whole of society.

Chapter Sixth

From the Right to Not being Discrimination

Article 39. Girls, children and adolescents are entitled not to be subject to any discrimination or limitation or restriction of their rights, on the grounds of their ethnic, national or social, language or language, age, gender, sexual preference, marital status, religion, opinion, economic condition, circumstances of birth, disability or health status or any other conditions attributable to themselves or to their mother, father, guardian or a person who has them in custody and custody, or other members of his/her family.

Likewise, the authorities are obliged to carry out special measures to prevent, treat and eradicate the Multiple Discrimination of which girls, boys and adolescents are the object of social exclusion situation, in street situation, Afro-descendants, worse forms of child labour or any other condition of marginality.

Article 40. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers, are obliged to take action and to take the affirmative action necessary to ensure that girls, boys and girls are given substantive equality, opportunities and the right to non-discrimination.

The adoption of these measures and the implementation of affirmative actions will form part of the anti-discrimination perspective, which will be incorporated in a transversal and progressive manner in the public, and in particular in the design, implementation and evaluation of public policies.

Gender differences as a cause of vulnerability and discrimination against girls and adolescents will be a priority analysis factor.

Article 41. The public authorities of federal and local authorities as well as the autonomous constitutional bodies will be required to report semi-annually to the National Council to Prevent the Discrimination, or the local authority, the measures of leveling, measures of inclusion and affirmative actions that they adopt, for their registration and monitoring, in terms of the Federal Law to Prevent and Eliminate Discrimination and corresponding local legislations.

Such reports should disaggregate the information, at least, by reason of age, sex, schooling, federal entity and type of discrimination.

Article 42. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers, adopt measures for the elimination of uses, customs, cultural practices or prejudices that threaten the equality of girls, boys and adolescents on the basis of gender or promote any kind of discrimination, taking into account the higher interest of childhood.

Chapter Seventh

From the Right to Living in Welfare Conditions and a Healthy Development Sano

Item 43. Girls, children and adolescents have the right to live in a healthy and sustainable environment, and in conditions that allow their development, well-being, healthy and harmonious growth, both physical and mental, material, spiritual, ethical, cultural and social.

Article 44. It is for those who exercise the parental rights, guardianship or guardian and custody of girls, children and adolescents, the primary obligation to provide, within their I would like to say that I have to say that I do not have the right to say that. The Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers, shall contribute to this end by taking appropriate measures.

Item 45. Federal laws and federal entities, within the scope of their respective powers, shall establish as the minimum age for marriage of 18 years.

Eighth Chapter

Right to Access a Life Free of Violence and Personal Integrity

Item 46. , children and adolescents have the right to live a life free of all forms of violence and to protect their personal integrity, in order to achieve the best conditions of well-being and the free development of their personality.

Article 47. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers, are required to take the necessary measures to prevent, attend and punish cases in which girls, children or adolescents are affected by:

I.              Neglect, neglect, neglect or physical, psychological or sexual abuse;

II.             The corruption of persons under eighteen years of age;

III.            Trafficking in persons under 18 years of age, child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation with or without commercial purposes, or any other type of exploitation, and other punishable conduct established in the applicable provisions;

IV.           The child traffic;

V.            The work before the minimum age of fifteen years, provided for in Article 123 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and other applicable provisions;

VI.           Work in adolescents over 15 years of age that may impair their health, their education or prevent their physical or mental development, labour exploitation, the worst forms of child labour, as well as forced labour, in accordance with the provided for in the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and in the other applicable provisions, and

VII.          The incitement or coercion to participate in the commission of crimes or in criminal associations, in armed conflicts or in any other activity that prevents their integral development.

Competent authorities should consider the gender perspective in situations of violence.

General, federal and federal law enforcement laws should establish provisions that will guide policies on prevention, protection, care, punishment and eradication of the assumptions referred to in the previous fractions.

The competent authorities are required to implement special measures to prevent, punish and repair the behaviors provided for in this article for girls, boys and adolescents with disability.

Item 48. authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities and the territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers, are required to take appropriate measures to promote the physical and psychological recovery and the restitution of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents to achieve the full exercise of their rights and ensure their reintegration into everyday life.

The recovery and restitution of rights referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be carried out in an environment that promotes physical and psychological health, respect and dignity of girls, children and adolescents.

Item 49. In cases where girls, boys and adolescents are victims of crime, the provisions of the General Law on Victims and other applicable provisions shall apply. In any case, the care protocols should consider their age, evolutionary development, cognitive and maturity for the implementation of the respective assistance and protection actions, as well as the integral repair of the damage.

For compliance with the provisions of the previous paragraph, the National System of Integral Protection referred to in this Law shall be coordinated with the National System of Attention a Victims, which shall proceed through its Executive Committee in the terms of the applicable legislation.

Chapter Ninth

From the Right to Health Protection and Social Security

Item 50. Girls, children and adolescents have the right to enjoy the highest possible level of health, as well as to receive the provision of free and quality health care services in accordance with applicable law, with the aim of prevent, protect and restore your health. The federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, in the field of their respective competences, in relation to the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, will coordinate end of:

I.              Reduce morbidity and mortality;

II.             Ensure the provision of health and medical care that are necessary for girls, children and adolescents, with emphasis on primary care;

III.            To promote in all groups of society and, in particular, in those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or custody and custody, of children, girls and adolescents, the basic principles of health and nutrition, the advantages of breastfeeding maternal, hygiene and environmental sanitation and accident prevention measures;

IV.           Adopt measures to eliminate cultural practices, uses and customs that are harmful to the health of girls, children and adolescents;

V.            Develop preventive health care, guidance to those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or custody and custody of girls, children and adolescents, and education and services in the field of sexual and reproductive health;

VI.           Establish measures to prevent the pregnancy of girls and adolescents;

VII.          Ensure the provision of respectful, effective and comprehensive health care services during pregnancy, delivery and puerperium, as well as for daughters and children, and promote exclusive breastfeeding within the first six months and complementary up to two years, as well as ensuring access to contraceptive methods;

VIII.         Combat chronic and acute malnutrition, overweight and obesity, as well as other eating disorders by promoting a balanced diet, drinking water consumption, promoting physical exercise, and promoting prevention programs and information on these topics;

IX.           Encourage and execute vaccination programs and the control of childhood and healthy adolescence to monitor their growth and development on a regular basis;

X.            Special care for respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, epidemic, cancer, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, and to promote prevention and information programs about these diseases;

XI.           Provide counseling and guidance on sexual and reproductive health;

XII.          Provide what is necessary for girls, children and adolescents with disabilities to receive appropriate attention to their condition, to rehabilitate them, to improve their quality of life, to facilitate their interaction and social inclusion, and to allow for an exercise equal rights;

XIII.         Prohibit, sanction and eradicate the forced sterilization of girls, boys, and adolescents and any form of obstetric violence;

XIV.        Establish measures to ensure that cases of victims of crimes or violations of their rights, or subjects of sexual and family violence, are detected and addressed in a special way in health services, in accordance with the provisions applicable in the field;

XV.         Establish measures for the prevention, care, combat and rehabilitation of public health problems caused by addictions;

XVI.        Establish measures to ensure that in health services, cases of girls, children and adolescents with mental health problems are detected and addressed in a special way;

XVII.       Establish measures for early detection of disabilities to prevent and minimize the occurrence of new disabilities and ensure the highest levels of care and rehabilitation, and

XVIII.      Provide access to goods, services, technical aids and rehabilitation that require girls, children and adolescents with disabilities.

They will also ensure that all sectors of society have access to education and assistance in basic principles of health and nutrition, benefits of breastfeeding For the first six months and complementary up to the age of two years, as well as the prevention of pregnancies, hygiene, accident prevention measures and other aspects related to the health of girls, boys and adolescents.

National and State Health Systems must ensure full compliance with the right to health, taking into account the right of priority, the higher interest of children, equality substantive and non-discrimination, as well as establishing affirmative actions in favour of girls, boys and adolescents.

In all cases, the right to privacy of girls, boys and adolescents will be respected.

Article 51. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers and in accordance with the applicable provisions, shall ensure the the right to social security.

Article 52. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and the territorial districts of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective competencies, must develop policies to strengthen maternal and child health increase the life expectancy.

Chapter Tenth

From the Right to the Inclusion of Girls, Children and Adolescents with Disabilities

Article 53. Girls, children and adolescents with disabilities are entitled to substantive and to enjoy the rights contained in this Law, the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, international treaties and other applicable laws.

When there is doubt or perception if a child, child or adolescent is a person with a disability, it is presumed that she is a child, child, or adolescent with disabilities.

Are girls, children, or adolescents with disabilities who, due to congenital or acquired reason, have one or more deficiencies of a physical, mental, intellectual or sensory nature, be it permanent or temporary and that by interacting with the barriers imposed by the social environment, it can prevent its full and effective inclusion, on a level playing field with others.

Girls, children and adolescents with disabilities have the right to live in the community, on an equal footing with other girls, boys and adolescents.

Article 54. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective competences, are required to implement measures of levelling, inclusion and affirmative actions in terms of the applicable provisions considering the principles of full and effective participation and inclusion in society, respect for the difference and acceptance of persons with disabilities as part of the the diversity and the human condition, respect for the evolution of the faculties of girls, children and adolescents with disabilities and their right to preserve their identity.

Disability discrimination also includes the denial of reasonable accommodation.

Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and the territorial districts of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers, are obliged to carry out what is necessary to promote social inclusion and must establish the universal design of accessibility for girls, children and adolescents with disabilities, in terms of the applicable legislation.

In addition to the universal design, facilities that offer paperwork and services to girls, children and adolescents with disabilities, signs in Braille and formats should be provided accessible from easy reading and understanding. They will also seek to provide other assistance and intermediary measures.

There will be no denying or restricting the inclusion of girls, children and adolescents with disabilities, the right to education and their participation in recreational, sports, leisure or cultural in public, private and social institutions.

Specific measures that are necessary to accelerate or achieve substantive equality for girls, boys, and adolescents will not be considered discriminatory. disability.

Article 55. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective competences, shall carry out actions to raise awareness of society, including at the level of family, to be more aware of girls, children and adolescents with disabilities and to promote respect for their rights and dignity, as well as to combat stereotypes and prejudices regarding their disability.

Federal laws and federal entities will establish provisions for:

I.              Recognize and accept the existence of disability, in order to prevent the concealment, neglect, neglect and segregation of girls, children and adolescents with disabilities;

II.             To provide educational and training support for those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or custody of girls, children and adolescents with disabilities, in order to provide them with the necessary means to promote their development and dignified life;

III.            Promote interdisciplinary actions for the study, early diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of the disabilities of girls, children and adolescents who in each case are needed, ensuring that they are accessible to the possibilities economic of their family members;

IV.           Have actions that allow them to offer free elementary care, access to early stimulation programs, health services, rehabilitation, recreation, occupational activities, as well as training for the job, and

V.            Establish mechanisms to allow the regular and systematic collection of information and statistics for girls, children and adolescents with disabilities, which allows for adequate formulation of public policies in the field.

Such reports should be disaggregated, at least by sex, age, education, federal entity and type of disability.

Article 56. Girls, children and adolescents with disabilities are entitled at all times to be provided with an interpreter or those technological means that enable them to obtain information in an understandable way.

Chapter Tenth First

From Right to Education

Article 57. Girls, children and adolescents are entitled to quality education that contributes to the knowledge of their own rights and, based on a human rights approach and of substantive equality, which guarantees respect for their human dignity; the harmonious development of their potential and personality, and strengthens respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, in the terms of the article 3o. of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, the General Law of Education and other applicable provisions.

Those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or custody and custody, will have the right to intervene in the education to be given to girls, boys and adolescents, in terms of what is foreseen by the Article 103 of this Law.

Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, in the field of their respective competencies will ensure the achievement of quality education and substantive equality in access and permanence in access, for which they shall:

I.              Provide educational care that girls, children and adolescents require for their full development, for which the respective programs should consider age, maturity, particular circumstances, and cultural traditions;

II.             Adopt measures geared towards the full exercise of the right to education;

III.            Establish measures to ensure the free provision of compulsory public education and to ensure material, economic and geographical accessibility to education, without discrimination;

IV.           Establish the necessary conditions for strengthening educational quality, such as the relevance and relevance of the curriculum, the provision of adequate infrastructure and equipment for learning and for teaching, teaching assessment, among others;

V.            Allocate adequate and sufficient human, material and budgetary resources to ensure the quality education of girls, boys and adolescents;

VI.           Adapt the education system to the specific conditions, interests and contexts of girls, boys and adolescents to ensure their stay in the education system;

VII.          Establish affirmative actions to guarantee the right to education for girls, children and adolescents from groups and regions with greater educational lag, dispersed or facing situations of vulnerability due to specific circumstances socioeconomic, physical, mental, cultural identity, ethnic or national origin, migratory status or, related to gender, sexual preference, religious beliefs or cultural practices;

VIII.         To provide educational services under conditions of minimum normality, understood as the set of indispensable conditions that must be fulfilled in each school for the good performance of the teaching task and the achievement of the learning of the Learners;

IX.           Implement mechanisms for the attention, channeling and monitoring of cases that constitute violations of the right to education of girls, boys and adolescents;

X.            Encourage harmonious school coexistence and the generation of mechanisms for the peaceful discussion, debate and resolution of conflicts;

XI.           To form a responsible multidisciplinary body that establishes mechanisms for the prevention, attention and channeling of cases of abuse, harm, harm, aggression, abuse or any other form of violence against girls, children and adolescents to be raised in educational establishments;

XII.          Action protocols are drawn up on situations of harassment or school violence for staff and for those exercising parental rights, guardianship or custody and custody;

XIII.         Ensure full respect for the right to education and the inclusion of girls, children and adolescents with disabilities at all levels of the National Educational System, developing and implementing rules and regulations that prevent their discrimination and accessibility conditions in educational facilities, provide educational, material and technical support and have trained teaching staff;

XIV.        Adopt measures to respond to the needs of girls, children and adolescents with outstanding skills, in such a way as to enable their progressive and comprehensive development, according to their personal abilities and abilities;

XV.         Establish mechanisms for the expression and participation of girls, boys and adolescents, according to their age, evolutionary development, cognitive and maturity that will enable them to attend and take into account their interests and concerns in matters educational;

XVI.        Contribute to ensuring the permanence and conclusion of compulsory education for girls, boys and adolescents and to abate school absenteeism, dropout and dropout;

XVII.       Administer school discipline in a manner compatible with human dignity, preventing the imposition of measures of discipline that are not previously established, are contrary to human dignity, or threaten life or integrity physical or mental of girls, boys and adolescents;

XVIII.      Eradicate discriminatory or exclusionary pedagogical practices that threaten human dignity or integrity, especially humiliating and degrading treatment;

XIX.        Inculcate respect for the environment in girls, boys and adolescents;

XX.         Establish mechanisms to encourage the responsible and secure use of information and communication technologies, and

XXI.        To establish affirmative actions that guarantee the access and permanence of pregnant girls and adolescents, facilitate their re-entry and promote their egress of the national education system.

The school authorities, in the field of their competence, should take measures to ensure the protection of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents.

Article 58. Education, in addition to the provisions applicable, shall have the following purposes:

I.              Encourage children, children and adolescents to foster fundamental values and respect for their own identity, as well as cultural differences and diverse opinions;

II.             Develop the personality, skills and potential of girls, boys and adolescents;

III.            Inculcate girls, boys, and adolescents with feelings of identity and belonging to their school, community, and nation, as well as their active participation in the educational process and civic activities in terms of applicable provisions;

IV.           To target girls, boys and adolescents with respect to vocational training, employment opportunities and career opportunities;

V.            Support girls, children and adolescents who are victims of abuse and the special attention of those who are at risk;

VI.           Prevent crime and addictions by designing and executing programs;

VII.          Undertake, in cooperation with those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or custody and custody, as well as community groups, the planning, organization and development of extracurricular activities that are of interest to girls, children and adolescents;

VIII.         Promote comprehensive sexual education in accordance with age, evolutionary, cognitive and maturity development of girls, boys and adolescents who allow girls, boys and adolescents to exercise their rights in an informed and responsible manner established in the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, in the laws and international treaties of which the Mexican State is a party;

IX.           Promote the value of justice, observance of the law and the equality of persons before it, promote the culture of legality, of peace and non-violence in any form of its manifestations, as well as the knowledge of human rights and respect for them, and

X.            To disseminate the human rights of girls, boys and girls and the forms of protection they have for exercising them.

Item 59. to the provisions of other applicable provisions, the competent authorities shall carry out the necessary actions to promote the conditions for creating an environment free of violence in educational institutions, promoting the harmonious coexistence and the integral development of girls, boys and adolescents, including the creation of permanent mediation mechanisms in which those who exercise parental rights or guardianship participate.

For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and the territorial demarcations of the Federal District, in the field of their respective competencies, and academic institutions shall be coordinated to:

I.              To design strategies and actions for early detection, containment, prevention and eradication of bullying or school violence in all its manifestations, including the participation of the public, private and social sectors, as well. as indicators and mechanisms for monitoring, evaluation and surveillance;

II.             Develop training activities for public servants and for administrative and teaching staff;

III.            Establish free mechanisms of care, counseling, guidance, and protection for girls, boys, and adolescents involved in a situation of bullying or school violence, and

IV.           Establish and apply sanctions that correspond to persons, persons responsible for social assistance centers, teaching staff or public servants who perform, promote, promote, tolerate or do not report acts of harassment or violence in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other applicable provisions.

Second Chapter Second

From Rights to Rest and Espartiment

Item 60. , children and adolescents have the right to rest, recreation, play and recreational activities of their age, as well as to participate freely in cultural, sporting and artistic activities, as primary factors of its development and growth.

Those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or custody and custody of girls, children and adolescents must respect the exercise of these rights and, therefore, they may not impose life, study, work or rules of discipline disproportionate to their age, evolutionary development, cognitive and maturity, involving the renunciation or impairment of them.

Article 61. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers, are obliged to guarantee the right of girls, boys and adolescents to rest and recreation and to promote appropriate opportunities, on equal terms, for their participation in cultural, artistic and sporting activities within their community.

Third Tenth Chapter

of the Rights of Freedom of Ethical Convictions, Thought, Consciousness, Religion and Culture

Item 62. Girls, children and adolescents are entitled to the freedom of ethical convictions, thinking, awareness, religion and culture. The federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective competences shall guarantee this right within the framework of the lay State.

The freedom to profess one's religion or belief will be subject only to the limitations prescribed by law that are necessary to protect rights and freedoms. fundamental of others.

Girls, children and adolescents may not be discriminated against in any way for exercising their freedom of ethical convictions, thought, conscience, religion and culture.

Item 63. Girls, children and adolescents have the right to freely enjoy their language, culture, uses, customs, cultural practices, religion, resources and specific forms of social organization and all elements that constitute their identity cultural.

Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers, will be required to establish policies aimed at ensuring the promotion, dissemination and protection of the diversity of cultural, regional and universal expressions among girls, boys and adolescents.

The provisions of this Article shall not be limited to the exercise of the right to education, as provided for in Article 3o. of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, nor of the guiding principles of this Law.

Chapter Tenth

Rights to Freedom of Expression and Access to Information

Article 64. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, in the field of their respective competencies must guarantee the of girls, boys and adolescents to express their opinion freely, as well as to seek, receive and disseminate information and ideas of all kinds and by any means, without any limitations other than those laid down in Article 6o. of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States.

The freedom of expression of girls, boys and adolescents carries the right to take into account their opinion on matters directly affecting them, or their families or communities. Those authorities, in the field of their respective competences, shall establish the actions to enable the collection of opinions and conduct of interviews with girls, boys and adolescents on topics of general interest to them.

In predominantly indigenous populations, the authorities referred to in this article, have an obligation to disseminate institutional information and the promotion of language rights. local indigenous.

The authorities referred to in this article will have the necessary to ensure that girls, children and adolescents with disabilities have the support systems to exercise their right to freedom of expression, access to information and support system for the expression of their will.

Article 65. Girls, children and adolescents have the right to free access to information. The federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers, shall promote the dissemination of information and material that they have for their purpose. ensure their social and ethical well-being, as well as their cultural development and physical and mental health.

The National Comprehensive Protection System will agree general guidelines on information and materials for dissemination among girls, children and adolescents, in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

Article 66. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective competences, shall promote mechanisms for the protection of the interests of girls, boys and girls. adolescents with regard to the risks arising from access to the media and the use of information systems that objectively affect or impede their integral development.

Article 67. Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the media, the competent federal authorities, within the scope of their respective powers, shall ensure that they disseminate information and related materials. with:

I.              The social and cultural interest for girls, boys and adolescents, in accordance with the objectives of the education provided for in Article 3o. of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States;

II.             The existence in the society of services, facilities and opportunities for girls, children and adolescents;

III.            The orientation of girls, boys and adolescents in the exercise of their rights;

IV.           The promotion of the prevention of human rights violations of girls, boys and girls and the commission of criminal acts, and

V.            The approach of inclusion, substantive equality, non-discrimination and human rights perspective.

Article 68. Pursuant to the Federal Telecommunications and Broadcasting Act regarding programming aimed at girls, boys, and adolescents, as well as the criteria of classification issued in accordance with it, the concessions granted in the field of broadcasting and telecommunications must provide for the obligation of the concessionaires to refrain from broadcasting or transmitting information, images or audits which objectively affect or impede the integral development of girls, boys and girls adolescents, or who make an apology for the crime, in contravention of the principle of higher interest of childhood.

Article 69. The competent authorities shall monitor the classification of films, radio and television programmes in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Telecommunications Law and Broadcasting, as well as videos, video games and print.

Item 70. The Protection of Protection and any person concerned, through these, may promote to the competent administrative authorities the imposition of sanctions on the media, in the terms established by the Law and other applicable provisions.

Likewise, the Attorney General's Office shall have the power to promote collective action before the competent court, in order for it to order the communication that they refrain from disseminating information or content that they endanger individually or collectively, the life, integrity, dignity or other rights of children, children and adolescents and, where appropriate, repair the damages have, without prejudice to the powers conferred on them by the competent authorities.

The above, without prejudice to any other liability to which you may have taken place in accordance with applicable provisions.

Fifth Tenth Chapter

From Right to Participation

Item 71. Girls, children and adolescents have the right to be heard and taken into account in matters of their interest, according to their age, evolutionary development, cognitive and maturity.

Item 72. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective competencies, are obliged to provide and implement the mechanisms to guarantee the permanent and active participation of girls, boys and adolescents in the decisions taken in the fields of family, school, social, community or any other in which they are developed.

Item 73. Girls, children and adolescents have the right to participate, to be heard and taken into account in all judicial and procuratorial processes where disputes are settled that affect them, in the terms indicated by the Chapter. 18th.

Item 74. Girls, children and adolescents also have the right to inform the different government agencies, in the three government orders, how their opinion has been valued and taken into account.

Sixth Chapter

From Association and Reunion Law

Item 75. Girls, children and adolescents have the right to associate and meet, without any limitations other than those established in the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States.

Those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or custody and custody shall represent girls, boys and adolescents for the exercise of the right of association, when this is necessary to satisfy the formalities laid down by the applicable provisions.

Chapter Tenth Seventh

From Right to Intimacy

Item 76. Girls, children and adolescents are entitled to personal and family privacy, and to the protection of their personal data.

Girls, children and adolescents may not be subject to arbitrary or illegal interference in their private life, their family, their domicile or their correspondence; nor shall they be subject to disclosures or broadcasts. illicit information or personal data, including information that is informative to the public or to the news that allows them to identify them and to attack their honor, image or reputation.

Those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or custody and custody must guide, supervise and, where appropriate, restrict the conduct and habits of girls, boys and adolescents, provided that tend to the best interest of childhood.

Item 77. The privacy of any child, child or adolescent shall be deemed to be in violation of any direct management of its image, name, personal data or references that permit its identification in the means of communication with which it is granted to provide the service of broadcasting and telecommunications, as well as printed media, or in electronic means of which the dealer or printed media in question has control, which undermines its honour or reputation, is contrary to its rights or to put them at risk, in accordance with the principle of higher interest in childhood.

Article 78. Any means of communication that broadcast interviews to girls, boys, and adolescents, will proceed as follows:

I.              You must obtain written consent or any other means, of those who exercise the parental rights or guardianship, as well as the opinion of the child, child or adolescent, respectively, as indicated in the article and as provided for in the second paragraph of Article 76 of this Law, and

II.             The person conducting the interview shall be respectful and shall not be able to show attitudes or to issue comments that objectively affect or impede the integral development of girls, boys, and adolescents.

In the event that it is not possible to obtain the consent of those who exercise the parental rights or guardianship of a teenager, the latter may grant him whenever this does not imply an affectation to his right to the privacy by undermining your honor or reputation.

It shall not require the consent of those who exercise the parental rights or guardianship of girls, children or adolescents, when the interview has as their object that they express freely, in the exercise of their right to freedom of expression, their opinion on matters directly affecting them, provided that this does not imply an affectation to their rights, in particular to their honour and reputation.

Article 79. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities and the territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within their respective jurisdiction, shall ensure the protection of the and privacy of girls children and adolescents who are victims, offended, witnesses or who are in any way related in the commission of a crime, in order to avoid their public identification. The same protection shall be granted to adolescents who are assigned to carry out or participate in a crime, in accordance with applicable law.

Article 80. The media shall ensure that the images, voice or data to be disseminated, do not endanger, individually or collectively, the life, integrity, dignity or vulnerability of the media. exercise of the rights of girls, boys and girls, even if they are modified, they are blurred or their identities are not specified, and will prevent the dissemination of images or news that are conducive to their discrimination, criminalization or stigmatisation, in contravention of the applicable provisions.

In case of non-compliance with the provisions of this article, girls, children or adolescents affected, through their legal representative or, where appropriate, the competent Attorney's Office, acting on its own initiative or on behalf of a substitute, may promote civil actions for the repair of damage and initiate proceedings for administrative responsibility to be carried out, as well as follow up procedures up to its own conclusion.

Girls, children, or adolescents affected, considering their age, degree of cognitive development and maturity, will request the intervention of the Attorney General's Office.

In civil or administrative proceedings that are initiated or promoted by those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or custody of girls, children and adolescents, the Attorney General's Office competent shall exercise its intervener representation.

Article 81. In proceedings before courts, it may be requested that the suspension or blocking of user accounts in electronic means be imposed as a precautionary measure in order to prevent the dissemination of information, images, sounds or data that may contravene the higher interest of childhood.

The court, on the basis of this article and the applicable provisions, may require undertakings to provide services in the field of electronic means to carry out the actions. necessary for the enforcement of the precautionary measures ordered.

Chapter Tenth Eighth

From Right to Legal and Due Process

Article 82. Girls, children and adolescents enjoy the rights and guarantees of legal certainty and due process established in the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, international treaties, this Law and other applicable provisions.

Article 83. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, which conduct judicial or judicial proceedings administrative or performing any act of authority in which they are related girls, boys or adolescents, according to their age, evolutionary development, cognitive and degree of maturity shall be obliged to observe, at least:

I.              Ensure the protection and prevalence of the best interest of the child referred to in Article 2 of this Law;

II.             Ensure the exercise of the rights of children, children and adolescents, established in the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, international treaties, this Law and other applicable provisions;

III.            Provide clear, simple and comprehensible information for girls, children and adolescents about the judicial or administrative procedure in question and the importance of their participation in it, including, where appropriate, formats accessible easy to understand and read for girls, children and adolescents with disabilities;

IV.           Implement support mechanisms when filing a complaint, participating in an investigation or in a judicial process;

V.            Ensure the right of girls, boys and girls to be represented in terms of the provisions of Title V, Chapter II of this Law, as well as information on the protective measures available;

VI.           Provide assistance from specialized professionals when the nature of the procedure requires it;

VII.          Provide the assistance of a translator or interpreter;

VIII.         Weighted, before quoting a child, child or adolescent to a hearing, the relevance of it, considering their age, maturity, psychological status, as well as any other specific conditions;

IX.           To ensure the accompaniment of those who exercise their rights, guardianship, guardianship or custody during the substantiation of the entire procedure, unless otherwise provided by the court;

X.            Keep girls, boys or adolescents apart from adults who may influence their behaviour or emotional stability, when determined by the competent authority, before and during the conduct of the hearing or appearance respective;

XI.           The use of leisure and toilet spaces for girls, boys and adolescents in the areas where procedures should be carried out;

XII.          Adjust to the maximum participation time for the intervention of girls, boys or adolescents during the substantiation of procedures in accordance with the principles of progressive autonomy and procedural speed, and

XIII.         Implement measures for to protect girls, children, or adolescents from suffering during their participation and to ensure the protection of their privacy and personal data.

Article 84. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers, ensure that girls and boys to whom the commission is assigned or participating in a fact that the law states as a crime are recognized as being exempt from criminal responsibility and will ensure that they will not be deprived of liberty or subject to procedure, but they will only be subject to social assistance with the purpose of restoring them, where appropriate, in the exercise of their rights.

The above, without prejudice to the civil liability of those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or custody and custody, in accordance with applicable provisions.

Article 85. In cases where the Public Ministry or any other authority has knowledge of the alleged commission or participation of a child or child in fact that the law indicates as a crime, immediately it will give notice to the competent Attorney's Office.

Girls or children, in no case may they be detained, held or deprived of their liberty for the alleged commission or participation in a fact that the law states as a crime.

The Attorney General's Office shall, in the framework of its powers, request the competent authority immediately for the measures necessary for the protection of the whole of the country, social assistance and, where appropriate, restitution of their rights and ensure that girls and boys are not discriminated against.

Any measure to be taken will be subject to review by a competent judicial body in an adversarial process in which at least the right to be heard and the assistance of a specialist lawyer.

Article 86. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers, ensure that in the judicial proceedings in which girls, boys or adolescents are related as likely victims of crime or witnesses, in accordance with their age, evolutionary development, cognitive and degree of maturity, have at least the following rights:

I.              They are informed of the nature of the procedure and the nature of their participation in the procedure, which in no case may be the responsible or liable person responsible;

II.             That their participation in a procedure be carried out in the most expeditious manner, assisted by a professional in law and in accordance with the provisions of Article 83 of this Law;

III.            Guarantee the accompaniment of the person who exercises over them the parental authority, guardianship or guardian and custody during the substantiation of the entire procedure, except judicial provision to the contrary, based on the superior interest of the childhood;

IV.           That their right to privacy is preserved, that their identification data is not disclosed in the terms of this Law and the other applicable;

V.            Have free access to legal, psychological and any other necessary assistance on the basis of the characteristics of the case, in order to safeguard their rights, in terms of the applicable provisions, and

VI.           Adopt the necessary measures to prevent the revictimization of girls, children and adolescents who are allegedly victims of the commission of a crime or violation of their human rights.

Article 87. Whenever a child, child or adolescent is found in the context of the commission of a crime, those who exercise the parental rights, guardianship or custody and custody shall be notified immediately. as well as the competent Attorney's Office.

Article 88. The legislation on comprehensive justice for adolescents in conflict with the criminal law will determine the procedures and measures that correspond to those who are assigned the commission or participation in a fact that the law states as crime while you were a teenager.

The legislation referred to in the previous paragraph must guarantee the fundamental rights recognized by the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States for all individuals, as well as those of the United States. specific rights which have been recognised for their status as persons in development.

Ninth Chapter

Girls, Children and Migrant Teens

Article 89. This Chapter refers to the special protective measures that the authorities must take to ensure the rights of migrant children and adolescents, accompanied, unaccompanied, separated, national, foreign and repatriated in the context of human mobility.

The authorities of all government orders shall provide, in accordance with their powers, the services for girls, children and adolescents in a migration situation, regardless of nationality or immigration status.

As long as the National Migration Institute determines the migratory status of the child, child, or adolescent, the National DIF System or system of the entities, as appropriate, must provide the protection which provides for this Law and other applicable provisions.

The principle of the best interest of childhood will be a primary consideration that will be taken into account during the migratory administrative procedure to which girls, boys and adolescents are subject. migrants, in which the possible impact of the decision to be taken in each case will be estimated.

Article 90. The competent authorities shall observe the procedures for special attention and protection of rights of migrant children and adolescents provided for in the Migration Law. Regulation and other applicable legal provisions, and should observe at all times the principle of the best interests of children and international standards in the field.

Article 91. The competent authorities, once in contact with the child, child or adolescent, must take the appropriate measures to protect their rights. Accordingly, they will provide a solution that resolves all their protection needs, taking into account their opinions and giving priority to family reunification, except that it is contrary to their higher interest or will.

Article 92. The due process guarantees to be applied in the migratory processes involving girls, boys, and adolescents are as follows:

I.              The right to be notified of the existence of a procedure and of the decision taken in the context of the migration process;

II.             The right to be informed of their rights;

III.            The right to have migration processes carried out by a specialized official;

IV.           The right of the child, child and adolescent to be heard and to participate in the different stages of the process;

V.            The right to be assisted free of charge by a translator and/or interpreter;

VI.           Effective access to consular communication and assistance;

VII.          The right to be assisted by a lawyer and to communicate freely with him;

VIII.         The right, if any, to the representation in supply;

IX.           The right to the decision to be taken to assess the best interests of the child, child and adolescent and is duly substantiated;

X.            The right to appeal against the decision to the competent court, and

XI.           The right to know the duration of the procedure to be carried out, which must follow the principle of speed.

Article 93. During the immigration administrative process the family unit or family reunification may prevail in terms of this Law and other applicable provisions. and when it is not contrary to the higher interest of childhood.

To resolve family reunification, the opinion of migrant children, children and adolescents must be taken into account, as well as all the elements that are necessary for this purpose.

Article 94. To ensure the comprehensive protection of rights, the National, State and Municipal DIF Systems will enable accommodation spaces or hostels to receive girls, boys and girls. Migrant adolescents.

They will also agree on minimum standards for accommodation or shelter spaces to provide adequate care for migrant children, children and adolescents.

Article 95. The accommodation spaces for girls, children and adolescent migrants, will respect the principle of separation and the right to family unit, so that if they are not accompanied or separated children, children or adolescents must stay in sites other than the one that corresponds to adult persons. In the case of accompanied girls, children or adolescents, they may be able to stay with their families, except that the most appropriate is the separation of these in application from the principle of the best interest of childhood.

Article 96. It is forbidden to return, expel, deport, return, refuse at the border or not admit, or in any way transfer or remove a child, child or adolescent when their life, safety and/or freedom are in danger due to persecution or threat of it, widespread violence or mass violations of human rights, among others, as well as where it can be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.

Article 97. Any decision on the return of a child, child or adolescent to the country of origin or to a safe third country may only be based on the requirements of their higher interest.

Article 98. In the event that the DIF Systems identify, by means of an initial assessment, girls, children or foreign adolescents who are susceptible to recognition of refugee or asylum status, they shall inform the National Migration Institute of the purpose of taking special protective measures.

The DIF National System and the systems of the federal entities, in coordination with the competent institutions, will have to identify the foreign children and adolescents who require international protection, whether as a refugee or otherwise, through an initial assessment with security and privacy guarantees, in order to provide them with appropriate and individualized treatment that is necessary through the adoption of special protective measures.

Article 99. The DIF National System must design and administer the databases of unaccompanied foreign migrant children and adolescents, including, among other things, the causes of their migration, the conditions of transit, their family ties, risk factors in origin and transit, information from their legal representatives, data on their accommodation and legal status, among others, and share it with the Federal Attorney General's Office. Protection of Girls, Children and Adolescents, having regard to the provisions of the Federal Law on Transparency and Access to Government Public Information and other applicable transparency provisions.

The Systems of the Entities shall send to the National DIF System the information at the time it is generated to be incorporated into the databases referred to in the preceding paragraph.

The National Migration Institute will need to provide the information and collaborate with the DIF National System for the purposes of this article.

Article 100. The National Migration Institute, in coordination with the National DIF System, will be required to the of migrant children, children and adolescents, including among other aspects, the causes of their migration, the conditions of transit, their family ties, risk factors at source and transit, information from their legal representatives, data on their accommodation and legal status.

In order to ensure priority social assistance and consular protection for migrant children and adolescents who are abroad in the process of repatriation, it will be up to the Foreign Secretary through the consular representations, coordinate with the National Migration Institute and the relevant DIF Systems.

Article 101. Under no circumstances will an irregular migratory situation of child, child or adolescent, preconfigure the commission of a crime by itself, nor will the commission be prejudged by the fact that be in an irregular migratory condition.

THIRD TITLE

Of The Obligations

Single Chapter

Of those who exercise the Potestad, Tutor or Guardian and Custody of Girls, Children and Adolescents

Article 102. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities and the territorial districts of the Federal District, in the field of their respective competencies, are obliged to provide medical, psychological and care assistance. preventive health, as well as a translator or interpreter if necessary, legal advice and social guidance to those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or custody of girls, children and adolescents or persons who have them under his responsibility, in respect of the obligations established by this Law and other applicable provisions.

Article 103. They are obligations of those who exercise the parental rights, guardianship or custody and custody, as well as other persons who, by reason of their functions or activities, have under their care girls, children or adolescents, in proportion to their responsibility and, where they are public institutions, in accordance with their field of competence, the following:

I.              To guarantee their food rights, the free development of their personality and the exercise of their rights, in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other applicable provisions.

For the purposes of this fraction, food rights essentially comprise the satisfaction of the needs of the food and nutrition, room, education, dress, medical and preventive psychological care integrated to health, medical care and recreation. Federal and federal law laws should provide for the procedures and the necessary legal guidance as well as support measures to ensure compliance with the duty to ensure food rights;

II.             Register them within the first sixty days of life;

III.            Ensure that they heal compulsory education, participate in their educational process, and provide them with the conditions for their continuity and permanence in the education system;

IV.           Impart in line with the evolution of their faculties, direction and appropriate guidance to girls, boys and adolescents, without this being able to justify limitation, violation or restriction in the exercise of their rights;

V.            Ensure an affective, comprehensive and non-violent environment for the full, harmonious and free development of your personality;

VI.           Encourage girls, children and adolescents to respect all people, as well as the care of their own, family and community, and the use of resources that are available for their integral development;

VII.          Protecting them against all forms of violence, abuse, harm, harm, aggression, abuse, sale, trafficking, and exploitation;

VIII.         Refrain from any attack against their physical, psychological or other acts that undermine their integral development. The exercise of parental rights, guardianship or the keeping and custody of girls, boys and adolescents may not be justified in breach of the obligation laid down in this fraction;

IX.           Avoid conduct that may violate the environment of respect and generate violence or rejection in the relations between girls, boys and adolescents, and of those with whom they exercise parental rights, guardianship or custody, as well as with the other members of your family;

X.            Consider the opinion and preference of girls, boys, and adolescents for decision-making that directly conceives them according to their age, evolutionary development, cognitive and maturity, and

XI.           Educate on the knowledge and responsible use of information and communication technologies.

In cases of dispute, the competent court shall determine the degree of responsibility of the person in charge and care for girls, boys or adolescents, taking into account the guiding principles of this Act.

Federal laws and federal entities shall provide for provisions governing and sanctioning the obligations laid down in this Article.

Article 104. Those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or custody of girls, children and adolescents, regardless of whether they live in different homes, will fulfill their duties in a coordinated and respectful manner.

The authorizations referred to in this Law must be granted by those who exercise the parental rights or guardianship, on the same terms and with the same formalities.

Article 105. Federal laws and federal entities shall have the necessary to ensure that, in accordance with the provisions of this Law and within the scope of their respective powers, the following obligations are fulfilled:

I.              That those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or custody and custody of girls, children and adolescents, take care of them and attend; protect against all forms of abuse; treat them with respect to their dignity and guide them, so that they know their rights, learn to defend them and respect others;

II.             That the migratory authorities verify the existence of the authorization of those who exercise the parental authority, guardianship or, where appropriate, of the competent court, which permits the entry and exit of girls, boys or adolescents of the national territory, in accordance with the applicable provisions;

III.            That the directive and staff of health, social, academic, sports, religious or any other kind of institutions refrain from any form of violence, abuse, harm, aggression, harm, abuse, harassment and exploitation against girls, children or adolescents, and who formulate programmes and provide ongoing training courses to prevent and eradicate them, and

IV.           That those who have treatment with girls, children and adolescents refrain from exercising any kind of violence against them, in particular corporal punishment.

Article 106. In the absence of those who exercise the original representation of girls, boys and adolescents, or where otherwise determined by the court or competent administrative authority, on the basis of the best interests of the child, the representation in supply shall be the responsibility of the competent Attorney's Office.

Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and Federal District demarcations shall ensure that in any judicial or administrative procedure, the Attorney's Office competent to exercise the intervener's representation, in accordance with the provisions of this Law and the other applicable provisions.

Also, they will provide that when there are indications of conflict of interest between those who exercise the original representation or of these with girls, children and adolescents or by a deficient representation or At the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Office of the Attorney-General or of its own office, the court or administrative body which is aware of the matter, shall be subject by incidental means, a summary procedure of restriction, or revocation of the original representation, as the case may be, for the purposes of that the Office of the Attorney-General's Office shall exercise the representation in an application.

The Public Ministry will have the intervention that the laws have in the judicial or administrative procedures in which girls, children or adolescents are related. In the area of criminal justice, the provisions of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, this Law and other applicable provisions will be in place.

No expiry or limitation may be declared for the injury of girls, boys and adolescents.

TITLE FOURTH

To Protect Girls, Children, and Adolescents

Single Chapter

From Social Care Centers

Article 107. The federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, in terms of the provisions of this Law, the General Health Law and the Social Assistance Law, will establish, in the field of their respective competences, the requirements for authorising, registering, certifying and supervising the social assistance centres, in order to ensure the fulfilment of the rights of girls, children and adolescents deprived of parental or family care, looked after in those centers.

Article 108. The facilities of the social assistance centers will observe the requirements of the General Health Law, and must comply with the following:

I.              Be administered by a public or private institution, or by an association that provides alternative care or residential accommodation for girls, children and adolescents without parental or family care;

II.             Your real estate infrastructure must comply with the physical dimensions commensurate with the services they provide and with the security and civil protection measures in terms of the applicable legislation;

III.            Be in line with universal design and accessibility in terms of applicable legislation;

IV.           Count on security, protection and surveillance measures necessary to ensure comfort, hygiene, adequate space according to the age, sex or physical or mental condition of girls, children and adolescents housed, in such a way that allow an affective and violence-free environment, in the terms of the applicable provisions;

V.            Accommodate and group girls, boys and girls according to their age and sex in the sleeping areas, without for any reason being shared by adults, unless they need to be assisted by an adult;

VI.           To have spaces specially designed for each of the activities in which girls, boys and adolescents participate;

VII.          Address the requirements established by civil protection, health and social assistance authorities, and

VIII.         Strive for an environment that provides the support needed for girls, children and adolescents with disabilities to live in their community.

Girls, children and adolescents with temporary or permanent disability; without distinction between reason or degree of disability, may not be discriminated against to be received or remain in the care centers social.

Article 109. Every social care center is responsible for ensuring the physical and psychological integrity of the girls, boys, and adolescents in their custody.

The services provided by the social assistance centers will be oriented to provide, in compliance with their rights:

I.              A secure, affective and violence-free environment;

II.             Care and protection against acts or omissions that may affect your physical or psychological integrity;

III.            Food to enable them to have balanced nutrition and to have the periodic certification of the health authority;

IV.           Comprehensive and multidisciplinary care that provides you with comprehensive medical service, first aid care, psychological, social, legal, and other monitoring;

V.            Guidance and education appropriate to their age, aimed at achieving physical, cognitive, affective and social development up to the maximum of their possibilities, as well as to the understanding and exercise of their rights;

VI.           Enjoy in your daily life, rest, recreation, play, recreation and activities that favor your integral development;

VII.          Services of quality and warmth, by qualified, qualified, qualified and sufficient personnel, with training focused on the rights of children;

VIII.         The persons responsible and the staff of the social assistance centres shall refrain from activities affecting the physical and psychological integrity of girls, boys and adolescents. In the same way, those responsible will avoid having contact with the care of children, children and adolescents, with contact with them;

IX.           Participation spaces to freely express their ideas and opinions on the issues that concern them and that these opinions be taken into account;

X.            Provide them with the ability to perform external activities that enable them to have contact with their community, and

XI.           Encourage the inclusion of girls, children and adolescents with disabilities, in terms of applicable legislation.

And in order to provide them with better protection alternatives for the fulfillment of their rights, the periodic review of their situation, of their family and of the measure must be carried out. Special protection by which you enter the social assistance centre, ensuring contact with your family and significant persons whenever this is possible, taking into account your higher interest.

The child, child, or adolescent must have full file for the purposes of having a particular review and assessment, as well as for determining income and discharge procedures with the child. support from competent authorities to facilitate their family or social reintegration.

You must also ensure the protection of your personal data in accordance with applicable law and make your knowledge, at all times, your legal status.

Article 110. Social care centers must have at least the following personnel:

I.              Responsible for coordination or direction;

II.             Specialized in providing care in activities of stimulation, training, promotion and self-care of health; medical attention and activities of social orientation and promotion of the culture of civil protection, according to the applicable provisions;

III.            The number of persons providing their services in each social care centre will be determined according to their economic capacity, as well as the number of girls, boys and adolescents who are in their custody. direct and indirect, with at least one care person for every four boys or girls under one year of age, and one care person for every eight older children;

IV.           In addition to the staff mentioned in this article, the social assistance center may request the collaboration of institutions, organizations or agencies that provide support in psychology, social work, law, pedagogy, and other for the comprehensive care of girls, boys and adolescents;

V.            Provide, on a permanent basis, training and specialized training for your staff, and

VI.           Monitor and periodically evaluate your staff.

Article 111. These are the obligations of the holders or legal guardians of the social care centers:

I.              Ensure compliance with the requirements established by this Law and other applicable provisions to be part of the National Registry of Social Assistance Centers of the DIF National System;

II.             Carry out a register of girls, boys and adolescents in their custody with the information of the legal situation in which they are located, and send it semi-annually to the Federal Agency for Protection of the Federative Entity;

III.            Ensure that the facilities have in place visible, the record of registration of incorporation to the National Registry of Social Assistance Centers;

IV.           Ensure that the social assistance center has an internal regulation, approved by the DIF National System;

V.            Have an internal civil protection program in terms of the applicable provisions;

VI.           Provide the facilities to the Protection Attorneys to carry out the periodic verification that corresponds in terms of the applicable provisions; and, where appropriate, to attend to their recommendations;

VII.          This verification must observe the monitoring of the legal and social situation, as well as the medical and psychological care of the child, child or adolescent and the process of family or social reintegration;

VIII.         Inform the competent authority in a timely manner, when the entry of a child, child or adolescent corresponds to a situation other than the referral by an authority or has knowledge that its physical integrity is at risk being in their custody, in order to initiate special protection procedures in a timely manner, to identify the best solution for the child, child or adolescent and, where appropriate, to avoid staying in the social care centre, given their character of last resort and exceptional;

IX.           Provide girls, children and adolescents in their custody, through trained personnel, medical care;

X.            Follow up on the recommendations issued by the competent authorities;

XI.           Take specific actions to strengthen the professionalization of staff in social care centers, and

XII.          The other obligations laid down in this Law and other applicable provisions.

Article 112. The protection of federal entities in coordination with the Federal Attorney General's Office shall be the competent authorities to authorize, register, certify and supervise the social assistance centers intended for provide the services described in this Chapter, for which they will conform to the National Register of Social Assistance Centers.

The National Register of Social Care Centers must have at least the following data:

I.              Social Care Center name or social reason;

II.             Home of the Social Care Centre;

III.            Census of the sheltered population, containing sex, age, and legal status, and follow-up to the process of family or social reinstatement, and

IV.           Relationship of the staff working at the Social Care Centre including the Director-General and legal representative, as well as the legal figure under which it operates.

To this effect, the Attorney General's Office will have to report to the Federal Office of Protection, the update of its records, as well as the results of the monitoring visits made as adjuvants.

The Register referred to in this article must be published and consulted on the DIF National System website.

Article 113. Without prejudice to the privileges that the applicable provisions establish to other authorities, it shall be the responsibility of the Attorney General's Office, the supervision of the social assistance centres and, where appropriate, the legal proceedings which correspond to the non-compliance with the requirements set out in this Law and other applicable provisions.

The Protection of Federative Entities will be the interveners of the Federal Attorney General's Office in the supervision of the facilities of the social welfare centers, in terms of the provisions of the Social Assistance Act.

TITLE FIFTH

Comprehensive Protection and Restitution of the Rights of Girls, Children and Adolescents

Chapter First

From authorities

Article 114. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, territorial demarcations of the Federal District and the autonomous constitutional bodies, in the field of their jurisdiction, must establish and guarantee the compliance with national policy on the rights of girls, boys and girls.

The public policies undertaken by these authorities will guarantee the exercise of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, for which they will have to observe the best interests of children and ensure the Priority allocation of resources in terms of the applicable provisions.

First Section

From the Distribution of Competencies

Article 115. All government orders will assist in the fulfillment of the objectives of this Law, in accordance with the powers provided for in this order and other applicable legal provisions.

Article 116. Correspond to the federal and local authorities concurrently, the following attributions:

I.              Coordinate the implementation and implementation of public policies and actions that derive from this Law;

II.             Promote knowledge of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, as well as the culture of respect, promotion and protection of girls, in accordance with the guiding principles of this Law;

III.            Ensure compliance with this Law and applicable international instruments;

IV.           Adopt special protection measures for the rights of girls, boys and girls who are vulnerable to specific circumstances of a socio-economic, psychological, physical, disability, identity, identity cultural, ethnic or national origin, migratory status or, related to gender, sexual preference, religious beliefs or cultural practices, or others restricting or limiting their rights;

V.            Provide medical, psychological and preventive health care, as well as legal advice and social guidance to those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or custody of girls, children and adolescents, or persons who have them under their responsibility, in relation to the obligations established by this Law;

VI.           Ensure development and survival as well as investigate, effectively sanction the acts of deprivation of life of girls, boys and adolescents and ensure the repair of the damage that corresponds to them;

VII.          Collaborate in the search, localization and obtaining of the information necessary to credit or restore the identity of girls, boys and adolescents;

VIII.         Establish family strengthening policies to prevent the separation of girls, boys, and adolescents from those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or guardianship and custody;

IX.           Establish the rules and mechanisms necessary to facilitate the location and reunification of the family of girls, boys and adolescents, when they have been deprived of them, provided that it is not contrary to their best interests;

X.            To assist in the location of girls, children and adolescents who have been unlawfully removed, transferred or retained;

XI.           Implement full inclusion measures and take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunities and treatment for girls, boys and adolescents, as well as not being discriminated against;

XII.          Adopt measures for the elimination of uses, customs, cultural practices, religious practices, sexist stereotypes or prejudices that threaten the equality of girls, boys and adolescents by reason of gender or that promote any type of discrimination;

XIII.         Adopt appropriate measures to promote physical and psychological recovery and the restitution of the rights of children, children and adolescents, victims of any form of violence;

XIV.        Ensure that all sectors of society have access to education and assistance in basic principles of health and nutrition, benefits of breastfeeding, as well as prevention of pregnancies, hygiene, prevention measures accidents and other aspects related to the health of girls, boys and adolescents;

XV.         Provide the right conditions for creating an environment free of violence in educational institutions;

XVI.        Establish universal design, accessibility and policies for the prevention, care and rehabilitation of girls, children and adolescents with disabilities, in terms of applicable legislation;

XVII.       Take action to raise awareness of society, to raise awareness of girls, children and adolescents with disabilities and to promote respect for their rights and dignity, as well as to combat stereotypes and prejudices with respect to your disability;

XVIII.      To have and implement the mechanisms that guarantee the permanent and active participation of girls, children and adolescents in the decisions that are made in the family, school, social, community or any other areas in which develop;

XIX.        Ensure the achievement of quality education and substantive equality in access and stay within it;

XX.         To encourage the formation and updating of inter-institutional coordination agreements between different government agencies;

XXI.        To conclude agreements on cooperation, coordination and consultation in the field;

XXII.       To assist with public or private institutions dedicated to the care of girls, children and adolescents;

XXIII.      Ensure the protection of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents and ensure that violations of these rights are addressed in a preferential manner by all authorities, in the field of their respective competences;

XXIV.      Develop all necessary mechanisms for compliance with this Law, and

XXV.       Ensure that girls, boys and adolescents have access to drinking water for their consumption and hygiene.

Article 117. Corresponding to the federal authorities, in their respective competencies, the following attributions:

I.              Ensure in the field of their competence, compliance with this Law and applicable international treaties;

II.             Apply the National Program referred to in this Law;

III.            Establish, use, monitor and maintain all instruments and actions aimed at improving the National System of Integral Protection and the National Program;

IV.           Review and assess the effectiveness of actions, public policies, state programs in the field, based on the results of the evaluations that are carried out;

V.            To encourage the participation of private organizations dedicated to the promotion and defense of the human rights of girls, children and adolescents, in the execution of federal programs;

VI.           To promote the formation and updating of inter-institutional coordination agreements between the different government agencies, to facilitate the action of the Executive Secretariat of the National System of Integral Protection;

VII.          Impose the penalties for violations established by this Law at the federal level;

VIII.         Revoke temporarily or definitively, through the competent authority, the authorization to operate the social assistance centers, for failure to comply with the obligations and requirements provided for in this Law;

IX.           Verify, through the National Migration Institute, the existence of the authorization of those who exercise the parental rights, guardianship or, where appropriate, of the competent court, which permits the entry and exit of girls, children or adolescents from the national territory, in accordance with the applicable provisions;

X.            To determine, through the National Migration Institute, the migratory status of migrant girls, boys and adolescents, and

XI.           Any other planned for compliance with this Law.

Article 118. Corresponding to local authorities, in their respective competencies, the following attributions:

I.              Instrumentation and articulate their public policies by taking into consideration the National Program for the adequate guarantee and protection of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents;

II.             Develop the local program and participate in the design of the National Program;

III.            Strengthen existing ones and promote the creation of public and private institutions that have treatment with girls, children and adolescents;

IV.           Promote, in coordination with the Federal Government, programs and projects of care, education, training, research and culture of the human rights of girls, boys and adolescents;

V.            Promote local programs for the advancement and development of girls, children and adolescents in a situation of vulnerability;

VI.           To disseminate the content of this Law by all means of communication;

VII.          Develop and implement the local programs referred to in this Law, as well as render to the National Comprehensive Protection System an annual progress report;

VIII.         Review and assess the effectiveness of actions, public policies, state programs in the field, based on the results of the evaluations that are carried out;

IX.           To encourage the participation of private organizations dedicated to the promotion and defense of the human rights of girls, children and adolescents, in the execution of state programs;

X.            To receive from private organizations, proposals and recommendations on the protection of rights of girls, boys and adolescents, in order to improve the mechanisms in the field;

XI.           Provide the bodies responsible for statistics and the integration of the national information system, the information necessary for the preparation of these statistics;

XII.          Coordinate with the authorities of the government orders the implementation and execution of the public policies and actions that derive from this Law;

XIII.         Promote reforms, in the field of their competence, for the fulfilment of the objectives of this Law, and

XIV.        Any other planned for compliance with this Law.

Article 119. Corresponds to municipalities, in accordance with this Law and local laws in the field, the following attributions:

I.              Develop your municipal program and participate in the Local Program design;

II.             To carry out dissemination actions that promote the rights of girls, boys and adolescents in the municipality, so that they are fully known and exercised;

III.            Promote the free expression of ideas of girls, boys and adolescents in matters concerning their municipality;

IV.           Be a liaison between the municipal public administration and girls, children and adolescents who wish to express concerns;

V.            To receive complaints and complaints for violations of the rights contained in this Law and other applicable provisions, as well as to channel them immediately to the appropriate Local Attorney's Office, without prejudice to the you can receive it directly;

VI.           Auxiliary to the Local Attorney's Office responsible for the urgent protective measures that it determines, and coordinate the actions that fall within the scope of its privileges;

VII.          Promote the conclusion of coordination agreements with the competent authorities, as well as with other public or private bodies, for the care and protection of girls, children and adolescents;

VIII.         To disseminate and apply the specific protocols on girls, boys and adolescents who authorize the competent bodies of the federation and the federal entities;

IX.           Coordinate with the authorities of the government orders for the implementation and execution of the public policies and actions arising from this Law;

X.            To assist in the integration of the information system at the national level of girls, boys and adolescents;

XI.           To encourage the participation of private organizations dedicated to the promotion and defense of the human rights of girls, children and adolescents, in the execution of municipal programs, and

XII.          The others that establish the local orders and those that derive from the agreements that, in accordance with this Law, are assumed in the National System DIF and the Systems of the Entities.

Section Second

The DIF National System

Article 120. Without prejudice to the privileges established by the other applicable provisions, it is up to the federation, through the DIF National System:

I.              Protect the rights of children, children and adolescents, when they are restricted or violated, in terms of this Law and the other applicable provisions. Institutionalization will proceed as a last resort and for the shortest possible time, prioritizing care options in a family environment;

II.             To promote the cooperation and coordination of federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities and the territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective powers in the field of protection and restitution of rights of girls, boys and adolescents to establish the necessary mechanisms for this;

III.            To conclude the collaboration agreements with the Systems of the Entities and the Municipal Systems, as well as with organizations and institutions of the public, private and social sectors;

IV.           Promote the training, training and professionalization of the staff of institutions linked to the protection and restitution of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, as well as to carry out and support studies and research in the subject;

V.            To provide technical and administrative support and collaboration in the matters covered by this Law, to the Federal District's federal entities, municipalities and territorial demarcations, and

VI.           Other provisions in relation to the protection of girls, boys and girls who fall within the scope of their competence.

Chapter Second

Of Protection Attorneys

Article 121. For effective protection and restitution of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, the federation, within the structure of the National DIF System, will have an Attorney General's Office.

Federative entities must have Protection of Protection, whose organic membership and legal nature will be determined in terms of the provisions that for this purpose issue.

In the exercise of their duties, the Attorney General's Office will be able to request the assistance of the authorities of the three government orders, which will be obliged to provide it with compliance with the applicable provisions.

For the proper determination, coordination of the execution and follow-up of measures of comprehensive protection and restitution of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, the Attorney General's Office The European Commission is also responsible for the protection of the environment, health, safety, health, safety, health, safety, health, safety, health, safety, health, safety, health, safety, health, safety, health, safety, health, safety, health, safety, health and safety, to guarantee the rights of girls, boys and adolescents.

Article 122. The Protection of Protection referred to in the previous Article, in its fields of competence, shall have the following powers:

I.              To seek the comprehensive protection of children and adolescents provided for in the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, international treaties, this Law and other applicable provisions. Such comprehensive protection shall cover at least:

a) Medical and psychological care;

b) Follow up on academic activities and social and cultural environment, and

c) The inclusion, if any, of those who exercise parental rights, guardianship or custody and custody of girls, children and adolescents in rehabilitation and assistance measures;

II.             Provide advice and representation in the supply of girls, children and adolescents involved in judicial or administrative proceedings, without prejudice to the privileges that correspond to the Public Ministry, as well as to intervene officiously, with intervener representation, in all judicial and administrative procedures involving girls, boys and adolescents, in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other applicable provisions;

III.            Coordinate enforcement and follow up protection measures for the comprehensive restitution of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, so that competent institutions act in a timely and articulate manner;

IV.           Fungir as a conciliator and mediator in cases of family conflict, when the rights of girls, boys and adolescents have been restricted or violated, in accordance with the applicable provisions. The conciliation will not proceed in cases of violence;

V.            Report to the Public Ministry those facts that are presumed to constitute a crime against children, children and adolescents;

VI.           To request the competent Public Ministry to impose urgent special protective measures, where there is an imminent risk against the life, integrity or freedom of children, children and adolescents, who will have to at the latest 3 hours after receipt of the request, giving notice of immediate notice to the competent court. These are urgent measures of special protection in relation to girls, boys and adolescents, in addition to those established in the National Code of Criminal Procedures, the following:

a) The income of a child, child, or teenager to a social care center, and

b) Immediate medical care by some institution of the National Health System.

Within 24 hours of the imposition of the urgent measure of protection, the competent court it shall decide on the cancellation, ratification or modification of the measure in force;

VII.          Order, founded and motivated, under its strictest responsibility, the application of urgent special protection measures established in the previous fraction, where there is imminent risk against life, integrity or freedom of Girls, boys or girls, giving notice to the public ministry and the competent judicial authority immediately.

Within 24 hours after the imposition of the urgent measure of protection the organ Competent court shall decide on the cancellation, ratification or modification of the measure in force.

For the imposition of urgent protective measures, the Procurator of Protection may request the the assistance of competent police institutions.

In case of non-compliance with urgent protective measures, the Procurator of Protection may request the imposition of the award measures for the competent authority;

VIII.         Promote the participation of the public, social and private sectors in the planning and implementation of actions for the attention, advocacy and protection of girls, boys and adolescents;

IX.           Advise the competent authorities and the public, social and private sectors to comply with the regulatory framework for the protection of girls, boys and adolescents, in accordance with applicable provisions;

X.            Develop the linings and procedures to which they will be subject to the restitution of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents;

XI.           To assist with the National DIF System and the Systems of the Entities in the elaboration of the guidelines and procedures to register, train, evaluate and certify the families that are suitable, considering the requirements indicated for the pre-adoption welcome, as well as for issuing the certificates of suitability;

XII.          Provide information to integrate and systematize the National Register of Social Care Centers;

XIII.         Monitor the proper functioning of the social assistance centers and, where appropriate, exercise the legal actions that correspond to the non-compliance with the requirements set forth in this Law and other applicable provisions;

XIV.        Monitor the enforcement of special protection measures for girls, boys and girls who have been separated from their family of origin by judicial resolution;

XV.         To carry out and promote studies and research to strengthen actions in favor of the attention, defense and protection of girls, children and adolescents, in order to disseminate them among the competent authorities and the public, social sectors and private for incorporation into the respective programs, and

XVI.        Other than other applicable provisions.

Article 123. In order to apply for the protection and full restitution of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, the Attorney General's Office must follow the following procedure:

I.            Detect or receive cases of restriction and violation of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents;

II.           To approach the family or places where the girls, boys and adolescents are located to diagnose the situation of their rights when there is information about possible restriction or violation of them;

III.          Determine in each of the identified cases the rights that are restricted or violated;

IV.         Develop, under the principle of the best interest of children, a diagnosis of the situation of violation and a plan for the restitution of rights, including proposals for measures for their protection;

V.          Agree and coordinate with the institutions that correspond to the fulfillment of the plan for the restitution of rights, and

VI.         Follow up on each of the actions of the rights restitution plan, to ensure that all the rights of the child, child or adolescent are guaranteed.

Article 124. The requirements to be appointed as head of the Federal Office for the Protection of Girls, Children and Adolescents are as follows:

I.            Being a Mexican citizen in full enjoyment of your civil and political rights;

II.           Be over 35 years of age;

III.          Count on a duly registered law degree professional title;

IV.         Count on at least five years of experience in the field of justice or defense of children, children and adolescents;

V.          Not having been sentenced for criminal offence or disabled as a public servant;

The appointment of Federal Prosecutor for the Protection of Girls, Children and Adolescents must be approved by the Governing Board of the DIF National System, on the proposal of its Holder.

The laws of the federal entities will establish the necessary measures that will allow the regional deconcentration of the Procuratoras de Protección, in order to achieve the greatest possible presence and coverage in the municipalities and, in the case of the Federal District, in their territorial demarcations.

Third Chapter

Of The National Comprehensive Protection System

First Section

From Integrants

Article 125. To ensure adequate protection of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, the National System of Integral Protection is created, as an instance responsible for establishing instruments, policies, procedures, services and actions of protection of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents.

The National Comprehensive Protection System will have the following attributions:

I.            To disseminate the national and international legal framework for the protection of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents;

II.           Integrate the participation of the public, social and private sectors and civil society in the definition and implementation of policies for the comprehensive guarantee and protection of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents;

III.          Generate the necessary mechanisms to ensure the direct and effective participation of girls, children and adolescents in the process of drawing up programs and policies for the guarantee and comprehensive protection of their rights;

IV.         Promote, in the three government orders, the establishment of budgets for the protection of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents;

V.          Promote the incorporation of the rights perspective of girls, boys, and adolescents in national development planning;

VI.         Ensure the mainstreaming of the rights perspective of girls, boys and adolescents in the development of programs, as well as in the policies and actions of the agencies and entities of the Federal Public Administration;

VII.        Approve, in the framework of the National Development Plan, the National Program;

VIII.       Ensure coordinated execution by its members of the National Program, with the participation of the public, social and private sectors, as well as of girls, children and adolescents;

IX.         Ensure the collaboration and coordination between the federation, the federal entities, the municipalities and the territorial demarcations of the Federal District, for the formulation, implementation and implementation of policies, programs, strategies and actions in the field of the protection and exercise of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents with the participation of the public, social and private sectors as well as of girls, boys and adolescents;

X.          Make effective the concurrency, linking and congruence of the programs and actions of the federal governments, of the federative entities, of the municipalities and of the territorial demarcations of the Federal District, with the objectives, national public policy strategies and priorities for the protection of the rights of girls, boys and girls;

XI.         Ensure the participation of girls, boys and adolescents in the exercise of their human rights, taking into consideration the special measures required;

XII.        Strengthen the actions of co-responsibility and closeness between public and private bodies with girls, children and adolescents;

XIII.       Promote the celebration of instruments of collaboration and coordination, as well as actions of consultation with public and private bodies, national and international, that contribute to the implementation of this Law;

XIV.       Establish coordination mechanisms with other national systems that develop programs, actions, and policies for the benefit of girls, children and adolescents, in terms of the applicable provisions;

XV.        To form a system of information at national level, in order to have disaggregated data that will allow monitoring the progress achieved in the fulfillment of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents in the country, including qualitative and quantitative indicators. This information system shall be coordinated and shared with other national systems, in terms of the coordination arrangements to be concluded, in accordance with the applicable provisions;

XVI.       To carry out training and training actions in a systemic and continuous manner on the knowledge and respect of the human rights of girls, boys and adolescents, mainly with those people who work from the various fields in the guarantee of their rights;

XVII.      Promote public policies and review existing policies related to the programmatic rights provided for in this Law, and

XVIII.     The others that are necessary for compliance with this Law.

Article 126. The coordination in a framework of respect to the attributions between the instances of the Federation, the federative entities, the municipalities the territorial demarcations of the Federal District, will be the axis of the National System of Protection Integral.

Article 127. The National Comprehensive Protection System will be made up of:

A.          Federal Executive Branch:

I.               The President of the Republic, who will preside over it;

II.              The Secretary of Government;

III.             The Foreign Secretary;

IV.            The Secretary of Finance and Public Credit;

V.             The Secretary of Social Development;

VI.            The Secretary of Public Education;

VII.           The Health Secretary;

VIII.          The Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare, and

IX.            The holder of the DIF National System.

B.          Federative Entities:

I.               The Governors of the States, and

II.              The Head of Government of the Federal District.

C. Public Bodies:

I.               The Attorney General of the Republic;

II.              The President of the National Human Rights Commission, and

III.             The President of the Federal Telecommunications Institute.

D.         Representatives of civil society who will be appointed by the System, in the terms of the regulation of this Law.

For the purposes of paragraph D, the regulation shall provide for the terms for the issuance of a public call, which shall contain the full stages for the procedure, its deadlines and deadlines.

Permanent guests will be invited to the sessions of the National System of Integral Protection, the Presidents of the Mese Directives of the Chambers of Deputies and Senators of the Congress of the Union, representative of the Judicial Branch of the Federation, as well as representatives of the National Commission of Supreme Courts of Justice of the United Mexican States, the associations of municipalities, legally constituted, who will intervene with voice but no vote.

The President of the Republic, in exceptional cases, may be replaced by the Secretary of the Interior, in the terms provided for by section I of Article 27 of the Organic Law of Administration Federal Public.

Members of the National Comprehensive Protection System shall appoint an alternate who shall have the level of deputy or equivalent.

The President of the System may invite representatives of other agencies and entities of the Federal Public Administration, of the organs with constitutional autonomy, to the respective sessions. governments of federal entities, municipalities in the territorial districts of the Federal District, according to the nature of the issues to be dealt with by those who will speak in a voice but without a vote.

In the sessions of the National System of Integral Protection, they will participate permanently, only with voice, girls, children and adolescents, who will be selected by the System itself. In the same way, persons or institutions, national or international, specialized in the field, may be invited.

Article 128. The National Comprehensive Protection System will meet at least twice a year. A quorum of the majority of its members and the attendance of its President shall be required for validly session; its decisions shall be taken by a majority of votes and, in the event of a tie, the President shall have a vote of quality.

Article 129. For the best performance of its functions, the National System of Integral Protection may constitute commissions responsible for dealing with specific matters or matters and shall issue the guidelines for their integration, organization and operation, which shall be published in the Official Journal of the Federation.

Section Second

From the Executive Secretariat

Article 130. The operational coordination of the National System of Integral Protection will be placed on a deconcentrated administrative body of the Secretariat of the Interior, which will exercise the functions of the Executive Secretariat.

The Executive Secretariat will have the following attributions:

I.            Coordinate the actions between the agencies and the competent entities of the Federal Public Administration that derive from this Law;

II.           Draw up the preliminary draft of the National Program for consideration by the members of the System;

III.          Carry out monitoring and monitoring of the implementation of the National Programme;

IV.         Develop and maintain the updated National Comprehensive Protection System Manual of Organization and Operation;

V.          Compile the agreements that are made in the National System of Integral Protection, carry the file of these and the legal instruments that they derive, and issue constancy of the same;

VI.         Support the National Comprehensive Protection System in the execution and monitoring of agreements and resolutions issued;

VII.        To conclude coordination, collaboration and consultation agreements with public and private, national and international bodies;

VIII.       Manage the information system at the national level referred to in Article 125 (XV

;

IX.         To carry out and promote studies and research to strengthen actions in favor of the attention, defense and protection of girls, boys and adolescents in order to disseminate them to the competent authorities and to the social and private sectors for incorporation into the respective programs;

X.          To disseminate among the authorities concerned and the general population the results of the works that I have carried out, as well as all that public information that tends to the generation, development and consolidation of perspective in the material, disaggregated at least by reason of age, sex, federal entity, education and disability;

XI.         Advise and support the governments of the federal entities, as well as the federal authorities that require it for the exercise of their privileges;

XII.        Report every four months to the National Comprehensive Protection System and its President, on its activities;

XIII.       Provide the necessary information to CONEVAL, for the evaluation of social development policies linked to the protection of girls, boys and adolescents;

XIV.       Fungir as an instance of dialogue with civil society organizations, academia and other institutions in the social and private sectors;

XV.        Coordinate with the Executive Secretaries of the Systems of the Entities the articulation of national policy, as well as the exchange of information necessary to comply with the object of this Law, and

XVI.       The others entrusted to you by the President or the National Comprehensive Protection System.

Article 131. The holder of the Executive Secretariat shall be freely appointed and removed by the President of the System and shall comply with the following requirements:

I.            To have Mexican citizenship in full enjoyment of their civil and political rights;

II.           Be over 30 years of age;

III.          Have a duly registered bachelor's degree professional title;

IV.         Have at least five years of experience in the areas corresponding to your role, and

V.          Not being sentenced for a crime or a public servant.

Third Section

From Evaluation and Diagnostics

Article 132. It will be up to CONEVAL to evaluate the social development policies linked to the protection of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, in terms of the provisions established by the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States. Law, the National Programme and other applicable provisions.

Article 133. The evaluation will consist of periodically reviewing compliance with this Law and the National Program, goals and actions regarding the rights of girls, boys and adolescents.

Article 134. According to the results of the evaluations, CONEVAL will issue, as appropriate, any suggestions and recommendations it deems relevant to the National System of Integral Protection.

Article 135. The results of the evaluations will be delivered to the Chambers of Deputies and Senators of the Congress of the Union.

Chapter Fourth

Of Protection Systems in Federative Entities

First Section

From Local Protection Systems

Article 136. In each federative entity, a Local System for the Protection of the Rights of Girls, Children and Adolescents will be established and installed, consisting of the dependencies and entities of the local authorities linked to the protection of these rights, in terms that determine their respective legal orders and will be presided over by the person Titular of the State Executive Branch and the Head of Government of the Federal District. They will be organized and operated in a similar way to the National System of Integral Protection, with an Executive Secretariat and will guarantee the participation of the social and private sectors, as well as of girls, children and adolescents.

The National Comprehensive Protection System will be articulated with the Local Protection Systems through their respective Executive Secretaries.

Article 137. Local Protection Systems shall have at least the following privileges:

I.            Instrumentation and articulate their public policies in accordance with national policy;

II.           To assist in the adoption and consolidation of the National Protection System;

III.          Ensure the mainstreaming of the perspective of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents in the elaboration of sectoral or, where appropriate, specific institutional programmes, as well as in the policies and actions of the agencies and entities of local public administration;

IV.         To disseminate the local, national and international legal framework for the protection of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents;

V.          Integrate the public, social and private sectors into the definition and implementation of policies for the protection of girls, boys and adolescents;

VI.         Generate the necessary mechanisms to ensure the direct and effective participation of girls, children and adolescents in the processes of local programs and policies for the comprehensive protection of their rights;

VII.        Establish in their budgets, items for the protection of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents, which will have a progressive realization;

VIII.       Ensure the mainstreaming of the perspective of childhood and adolescent rights in the development of programs, as well as policies and actions for the protection of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents;

IX.         Participate in the elaboration of the National Program;

X.          Develop and implement the Local Programme with the participation of the public, social and private sectors, as well as girls, children and adolescents;

XI.         Carry out monitoring, monitoring, and evaluation of Local Program execution;

XII.        Issue an annual report on the progress of the Local Program and refer it to the National Protection System;

XIII.       To participate in the formulation, implementation and implementation of programs, strategies and actions in the field of protection and exercise of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents with the participation of the public, social and private sectors, as well as girls, boys and adolescents;

XIV.       Ensure the participation of girls, boys and adolescents in the exercise of their human rights, taking into consideration the special measures required;

XV.        Strengthen the actions of co-responsibility and closeness between public and private bodies with girls, children and adolescents;

XVI.       Manage the state information system and assist in the integration of the information system at the national level;

XVII.      To carry out training and training actions in a systemic and continuous manner on the knowledge and respect of the human rights of girls, boys and adolescents, mainly with those people who work from the various fields in the guarantee of their rights;

XVIII.     Promote reforms, in the field of their competence, for the fulfilment of the objectives of this Law;

XIX.       To conclude coordination agreements on the subject;

XX.        Auxiliary to the Local Attorney's Office of Protection in the urgent protective measures that it determines, and coordinate the actions that correspond to the scope of its privileges, and

XXI.       The others that grant them other applicable provisions.

The laws of the federal entities will determine the form and terms in which the municipal systems will participate in the Local Protection System and, in the case of the Federal District, the form of participation. of territorial demarcations.

Section Second

From Municipal Protection Systems

Article 138. The Municipal Systems will be chaired by the Municipal Presidents or Delegation Heads, and will be integrated by the dependencies and institutions linked to the protection of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents.

The Municipal Systems will have an Executive Secretariat and will ensure the participation of the social and private sectors, as well as of girls, children and adolescents.

Article 139. The laws of the federative entities will provide for the general public administration bases to have the obligation for the municipalities to have a program of attention and with an area or public servants that will serve as the first contact authority with girls, children or adolescents and who will be the liaison with the competent local and federal authorities.

The same provisions of this article will apply to the territorial demarcations of the Federal District in the Federal District Government Statute.

The instance referred to in this article shall coordinate the municipal public servants or the territorial demarcations of the Federal District, when in the operation, verification and supervision of the functions and services that correspond to them, detect cases of violation of the rights contained in this Law, in order to give an immediate view to the Attorney General's Office.

The instances referred to in this article shall, without prejudice to other provisions of the laws of the federal entities, exercise the powers provided for in Article 119 of this Law.

Chapter Fifth

Of Human Rights Protection Agencies

Article 140. The National Human Rights Commission and the human rights organizations of the federal entities, within the scope of their competences, should establish specialized areas for effective protection, observance, promotion, study and dissemination of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents.

Chapter Sixth

Of The National Program and Local Programs

Article 141. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District, within the scope of their respective competencies, through the National System of Integral Protection, as well as the sectors private and social, will participate in the elaboration and implementation of the National Program, which should be in accordance with the National Development Plan and with this Law.

Article 142. The National Program shall contain priority policies, objectives, strategies and lines of action in the field of exercise, respect, promotion and comprehensive protection of girls, boys and girls.

Article 143. Local programs will provide medium-and long-range actions, indicate priority objectives, strategies and lines of action, and align with the Program. National.

Article 144. The National Program and local programs must include transparent mechanisms that permit their evaluation and monitoring, as well as citizen participation and will be published in the Official Journal of the Federation and in the official gazettes or newspapers of the federal entities, as appropriate.

Article 145. The National, Local and Municipal Systems will have advisory support bodies, in which the competent authorities and representatives of the sectors will participate. social and private, for the implementation and implementation of the programs.

TITLE SIXTH

Of Administrative Violations

Single Chapter

Of Administrative Sanctions and Sanctions

Article 146. The laws of the federative entities shall establish the infringements and penalties applicable in the field of their respective powers and the procedures for their imposition and challenge, as well as the competent authorities for this.

Article 147. Federal public servants, staff of health, education, sports or cultural institutions, employees or workers of establishments subject to the control, administration or coordination of those who, in the exercise of their duties or activities or on the grounds of which they unduly prevent the exercise of any right or deny the provision of the service to which they are obliged to any child, child or adolescent, shall be subject to administrative and other sanctions. are applicable, in terms of the corresponding provisions.

Not to be considered as a negation of the exercise of a right, the inconvenience resulting from legal sanctions, which are inherent or incidental to these or derived from a legitimate act authority.

Article 148. In the federal field, they constitute violations of this Law:

I.            Regarding federal public servants, staff of health, education, sports or cultural institutions, employees or workers of establishments subject to the control, administration or coordination of such institutions, as well as institutions of social assistance or of any other kind of federal jurisdiction, when in the exercise of their functions or activities or on the occasion of which they are aware of the violation of any right to any child, child or adolescent and unduly abstain to do so by the knowledge of the competent authority in contravention of the provisions of the Article 12 of this Law and other applicable ordinances;

II.           Regarding federal public servants, staff of health, education, sports or cultural institutions, employees or workers of establishments subject to the control, administration or coordination of such institutions, as well as institutions of social assistance or of any other kind of federal jurisdiction, property, tolerating or refraining from preventing, any abuse, harassment, assault, damage, intimidation, violence, abuse or damage to which they have knowledge, against girls, boys and girls;

III.          With regard to radio, television, broadcasting or transmission of images, voice or data that affect or objectively impede the integral development of girls, children or adolescents, or who make an apology for the crime, in Violation of Article 68 of this Law and the specific provisions governing the dissemination and transmission of content;

IV.         With regard to radio and television concessionaires and those who direct print media, the violation of personal or family intimacy of girls, boys or adolescents, as referred to in Article 77 of this Law;

V.          With regard to radio and television concessionaires and to whom it directs printed media, the conduct of interviews or their dissemination, without the authorization referred to in Article 78 of this Law;

VI.         With regard to radio and television concessionaires and to whom it directs printed media, the dissemination of personal data of girls, boys or related adolescents in any form in criminal proceedings or to those who apply them measures for the repair, reintegration, restitution or assistance, in terms of the applicable provisions, in contravention of Article 79 of this Law;

VII.        With regard to radio and television concessionaires and those who direct print media, the dissemination of images or voice of girls, children or adolescents, in contravention of the provisions of Article 80 of this Law;

VIII.       With regard to professionals in social work or psychology who intervene in adoption procedures that do not have the authorization of the National DIF System referred to in Article 31 of this Law, in the cases jurisdiction of the System, and

IX.         The other violations of the provisions of this Law, jurisdiction of the federal order.

Article 149. To those who incur the infractions provided for in fractions I, II and VIII of the previous article, they will be fined up to a thousand five hundred days of general minimum wage in force in the Federal District at the time of the conduct of the conduct. sanctioned.

The infractions foreseen in the fractions III, IV, V, VI and VII of the previous article, will be sanctioned with fine of three thousand and up to thirty thousand days of general minimum wage in the Federal District at the time of the conduct.

In the cases of the infractions foreseen in the fractions III, V, VI and VII of the previous article, an additional fine of one thousand five hundred and up to seven thousand days of minimum wage will be imposed general in force in the Federal District, for each day that is disseminated or available in electronic means from which the dealer or printed media, information, data, images or audio is in control.

In cases of recidivism, the fine may be applied up to twice as much as provided for in this article. It shall be considered as a repeat incident:

a) Having incurred an infringement that has been sanctioned, perform another violation of the same precept of this Act;

b) At the start of the second or subsequent procedure there is previous resolution that caused status, and

c) That between the start of the procedure and the resolution that caused the state have not passed more than ten years.

Article 150. For the determination of the penalty, the competent authorities shall consider:

I.            The severity of the violation;

II.           The intentional or non-intentional character of the action or constitutive omission of the infringement;

III.          Damage that has occurred or might occur;

IV.         The economic condition of the offender, and

V.          The recidivism of the offender.

Article 151. The penalties provided for in this Act shall be applied by the following authorities:

I.            The dependency or entity of the Federal Public Administration that is competent, in the cases of Sections I and II of Article 148 of this Law;

II.           Dealing with public servants, as well as employees or workers of establishments subject to the control, administration or coordination of the Judicial Branch of the Federation; the Chambers of Deputies or Senators of the Congress of the Union; bodies with constitutional autonomy, or from the Federal Court of Justice and Administrative Justice or from work or agricultural courts, the penalties shall be imposed by the bodies which establish their respective legal systems;

III.          The Secretariat of the Interior, in the cases provided for in fractions III, IV, V, VI and VII, of Article 148 of this Law, and

IV.         The DIF National System, in the cases of section VIII of article 148 of this Law.

Article 152. Against the penalties that the federal authorities impose in compliance with this Law, the review facility provided for in the Federal Law of Administrative Procedure may be instituted.

Article 153. For the purposes of this Title, in the absence of express provision and in what is not contrary to this Law, the Federal Law of Administrative Procedure shall be applied in an additional manner.

Article 154. Federative entities shall establish the applicable administrative violations and penalties in the field of their jurisdiction.

ARTICLE SECOND. ...

TRANSIENT

FIRST. This Decree shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the Federation.

SECOND. The Congress of the Union and the legislatures of the Federative Entities, within the scope of their respective competences, shall carry out the legislative modifications in accordance with the provisions of this Decree, within one hundred and eighty days natural following their entry into force.

THIRD. Local and Municipal Protection Systems shall be integrated no later than 90 days after the entry into force of the legislative amendments referred to in the previous transitional period.

FOURTH. The Law for the Protection of the Rights of Girls, Children and Adolescents is repealed.

QUINTO. The regulatory provisions arising from this Law shall be issued by the Federal Executive within a period not greater than one hundred and eighty calendar days from the entry into force of this Decree.

SIXTH. The Federal Office for the Protection of Girls, Children and Adolescents shall be established from the following budgetary year to the publication of this Decree.

For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, the DIF National System will have to reform its Organic Statute, so that in a period not greater than ninety calendar days, from the entry into force of the This decree will formalize the creation of the Federal Attorney General's Office for the Protection of Girls, Children and Adolescents, with their respective administrative units.

SEVENTH. The National System of Integral Protection must be installed within one hundred and eighty calendar days after the publication of this Decree. In its first session, the President of the National System of Integral Protection will submit to consideration and approval of the same the guidelines for their integration, organization and operation, as well as the designation of the Secretary of the Secretariat System Executive.

The holder of the Executive Secretariat of the System, once installed the National System of Integral Protection, within the following thirty calendar days, must present to The draft guidelines referred to in Article 129 of the General Law on the Rights of Girls, Children and Adolescents

The President of the National System of Integral Protection will carry out the necessary actions for the elaboration of the National Program, which must be approved within one hundred and eighty years. natural days following the installation of the National Protection System.

EIGHTH. The references that this Law makes to the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic shall be construed as being made to the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic until the constitutional autonomy of the Office of the Prosecutor's Office enters into force.

NINTH. Federal authorities, federal authorities, municipal authorities, and territorial demarcations of the Federal District will hold special agreements and programs to reduce the registration of births of girls, boys and girls. adolescents.

DECIMAL. For the purposes of the provisions of Article 122 (VI) of the Law that is issued by virtue of this Decree, as long as the applicable provisions of the Act enter into force. National Code of Criminal Procedures, the measures laid down in the relevant criminal procedural law shall apply.

TENTH FIRST. The assistance centres which are operating in advance of the entry into force of this Decree shall have a period of 180 days from their publication in the Official Journal of the Federation for the purposes of making the adjustments. conduct in terms of the provisions of the General Law on the Rights of Girls, Children and Adolescents.

TENTH SECOND. The Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union, on a proposal from the Federal Executive, will establish a budget item to assist in the implementation of the adjustments referred to in the previous transition and the operation of the Social Assistance Centres.

TENTH THIRD. The authorities of the federation, of the federative entities, of the municipalities and of the territorial demarcations of the Federal District, with the object of giving compliance with the provisions of the Law that is issued under this Decree, shall implement the corresponding policies and actions in accordance with the applicable programs and those deriving from it.

Mexico, D. F., as at 6 November 2014.-Dip. Silvano Aureoles Rabbit, President.-Sen. Miguel Barbosa Huerta, President.-Dip. Laura Barrera Fortoul, Secretary.-Sen. Maria Elena Barrera Tapia, Secretary.-Rubicas."

In compliance with the provisions of Article 89 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, and for its proper publication and observance, I hereby express my request for the Decree at the Federal Executive Branch in Mexico City, Mexico City, Federal District, three December, two thousand fourteen.- Enrique Peña Nieto.-Heading.-The Secretary of the Interior, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong.-Heading.