La vulneración del Derecho Constitucional al Desarrollo integral de los menores de quince años al permitirles el trabajo en la ciudad de Quito

Abstract

Children and adolescents are among the primary target groups established in article 46, paragraph 2, of the Constitution of Ecuador, which grants them additional safeguards against any form of labor or economic abuse and also prohibits children under the age of 15 from working. The State has the responsibility to apply policies for the gradual abolition of child labor, with the exception of adolescent labor, which may not limit the right to education and overall development. However, children and adolescents under the age of 15 are still seen working on the streets of Quito. Unfortunately, parents' lack of knowledge about the laws which protect children's rights is correlated with the weakness of the regulations which protect them, leading to the easy violation of their rights.