Last Update: October 2021
Institutional Framework Database for Social Policy
in Latin America and the Caribbean
Dimensión jurídico normativa
The legal and regulatory dimension refers to the existing legal base of the institutional framework of social policy as a central element to identify the State's commitments to guarantee the economic, social, and cultural rights of people. This dimension incorporates the adherence and ratification of international compacts and treaties, the guarantee of rights, and the presence of different social themes in constitutional texts and specific national laws and regulations. Thus, it includes sectoral social laws, especially social development and social protection laws, as well as legislation devoted to specific segments of the population.


Metadata
For the elaboration of these charts, official information from the States was used to identify the existence of national legal instruments (laws or decrees) that establish the mechanisms for social protection of main sectoral topics and for certain population segments. Some States are not included in the graphic because they do not have official information on legal instruments available.
Latin America and the Caribbean (33 countries): Mention and coverage of social issues and specific groups with mentions in specific rules
Country Children and Adolescents Youth Older Persons Women Persons with Disabilities Indigenous Peoples Afro-descendants Migrants Education Labor and Social Security Social Housing Public Health Social Development
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Barbados
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Brazil
Bahamas
Belize
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Haiti
Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Paraguay
Suriname
El Salvador
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)


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