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| International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racism | Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women | Convention on the Rights of the Child | International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families | Constituent Agreement of the Development Fund for Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean |
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| 8 March 1977 | 16 August 1967 | 7 August 2007 | 29 October 1981 | 12 December 1990 | 24 November 2024 | 10 February 1994 |
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| Legal Instrument | Codigo de Familia | Codigo de Familia | Codigo de Familia | Ley de Igualdad de Género | Ley de equiparación de oportunidades para las personas con discapacidad | Decreto Ejecutivo N° 287 | Decreto de Ley Nº 3: 'Ley de Creación del Servicio Nacional de Migración, la Carrera Migratoria y dicta otras Disposiciones' (2008) | Ley Orgánica de Educación | Codigo de Trabajo de Panama | Ley de Vivienda de Interés Social | Codigo Sanitario | n.d. |
| Law | Law | Law | Law | Law | Law | Law | Law | Law | Law | Law |
| Country | Panama |
| Main authority | Social Cabinet |
| Year of creation | 1985 |
| Coordinating authority | President of the Republic |
| Members | The Social Cabinet is composed of three levels: At the executive level, the permanent members of the Cabinet are: President of the Republic, who presides over it. Minister of Social Development (MIDES), who will act as the Technical Coordinator of the Social Cabinet. Minister of Health (MINSA). Minister of Education (MEDUCA). Minister of Housing and Land Management (MIVIOT). Minister of Labor and Workforce Development (MITRADEL). Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF). Minister of Government (MINGOB). Minister of Public Works (MOP). Minister of Agricultural Development (MIDA). Minister of Environment (MIAMIENTE). Minister of Security (MINSEG). Minister of Culture (MICULTURA). Minister of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (AMPYME). Director of the Institute for Human Resource Development (IFARHU). Panama Tourism Authority (ATP). At the implementing level, the temporary members, depending on national priorities or the social agenda, are: Executive Secretary of Social Affairs of the Presidency. Executive Secretary for Execution and Compliance Monitoring (SSEC) of the Ministry of the Presidency. National Secretary for the Food Security and Nutrition Plan (SENAPAN). National Council for Sustainable Development (CONADES). National Secretariat of Science and Technology (SENACYT). National Secretary of the National Authority of Decentralization (AND). National Secretary of Energy (Energy). Ombudsman’s Office. National Secretariat for Afro-Panamanians (SENADAP). Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies (IEI). Land Transportation and Transit Authority (ATTT). National Authority for Transparency and Access to Information (ANTAI). National Police (PN). National Secretariat for Disabilities (SENADIS). National Secretariat for Children, Adolescents, and Family (SENNIAF). National Water and Sewer Institute (IDAAN). National Institute for Professional Training and Human Development (INADEH). National Institute for Women (INAMU). Panamanian Sports Institute (PANDEPORTES). National Aeronaval Service (SENAN). National Border Service (SENAFRONT). National Migration Service (SNM). National Civil Protection System (SINAPROC). Electoral Tribunal (TE). Urban and Household Cleaning Authority (AAUD). Government Innovation Authority (AIG). Panama Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP). Public Services Authority (ASEP). Panama Maritime Authority (AMP). General Administrator of the National Land Administration Authority (ANATI). General Manager or Deputy General Manager of the National Mortgage Bank (BHN). Any other entity the Executive Level incorporates or invites for the discussion of specific topics. At the advisory level, it also includes: Office of the First Lady of the Republic (DPD), as an ad honorem advisor. Executive Secretariat of the National Concertation Council for Development (CCND). National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC). Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
| Country | Panama |
| Main authority | Ministry of Social Development  |
| Year of creation | 2005 |
| Mission | Main executor of the social policies of the Panamanian State, its responsabilities are: To strengthen the abilities and capacities of the country's human capital and to achieve the sustainability of national development, Saving for social protection and regulation of the quality of services, to prevent social exclusion and compensate for its consequences. Its mission is to become a government entity that facilitates processes that generate social policy and that invests in the promotion and strengthening of collective capacities and in the prevention of social exclusion and compensation for its effects. It aspires to carry out an institutional management guided by widely agreed social policies that promote social organization, equity and common welfare. |
| Incumbent | Beatriz Carles de Arango (2024) |
Official information not available| Population segment | Children and Adolescents |
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| Main protection mechanism | Secretaría Nacional de Niñez, Adolescencia y Familia. | Ministerio de Desarrollo Social | Consejo Nacional del Adulto Mayor | Secretaria Nacional de Discapacidad (SENADIS) | Instituto Nacional de la Mujer | Servicio Nacional de Migración Panamá |
| Legal Instrument | Código de la Familia | Ley de la Secretaría Nacional de Niñez, Adolescencia y Familia (Ley núm. 14) | Ley No. 15 (1992) | Ley 42 por la cual se establece la equiparación de oportunidades para las personas con discapacidad | |
Decreto de Ley Nº 3: 'Ley de Creación del Servicio Nacional de Migración, la Carrera Migratoria y dicta otras Disposiciones' (2008) |
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| Unique Registry of Participants | Sistema Integrado de Administración Financiera /b | Sectoral Plan for Social Development | Transparence - system for accessing public information from the State | Integrated Social Information System |
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