@article{ref1,
title="Decree No. 18272-S of 27 June 1988",
journal="Annual review of population law",
year="1988",
author="",
volume="15",
number="",
pages="116-116",
abstract="This Decree creates in Costa Rica a National Commission for Integral Attention for Maltreated Minors, composed of representatives of various government and nongovernment agencies. The functions of the Commission are the following: 1) to recommend policies and actions favoring maltreated minors; 2) to compile institutional diagnostic material relating to maltreated minors, identifying causes and resources and establishing priorities of action; 3) to formulate a plan applicable in both rural and urban areas for integral attention for maltreated minors, with three levels of prevention; 4) to recommend to involved institutions actions, procedures, and technical guidelines to follow with respect to integral attention for maltreated minors; 5) to oversee, supervise, and evaluate public and private programs of attention for maltreated minors; 6) to promote the active participation of the community in solving this problem by means of dissemination of information and formal and nonformal education; 7) to promote the compilation and dissemination of information on relevant investigations and studies applicable to the phenomenon of maltreated minors with the object of establishing a national data bank in this area; and 8) to review legislation in effect relating to the maltreatment of minors and send recommendations to the competent authorities.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0364-3417",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}