Perfíl de la institucionalidad social de Panama

Panama

Links to other databases

Social Statistic Profile - CEPALSTAT See graphics from social investment database See conditional transfer programmes See social pension programmes See labor and productive inclusion programmes

Legal and regulatory dimension

Adherence, signing, and ratification of covenants, conventions, and agreements related to economic, social, and cultural rights

See regional situation

Ratified/Adhered to

Signed

Without Signature / Ratification

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

8 March 1977	16 August 1967	7 August 2007	29 October 1981	12 December 1990	15 September 2024	10 February 1994
View details	View details	View details	View details	View details	View details	View details

close

The International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and its Optional Protocol are the international instruments for the Universal Protection of Human Rights of the United Nations that regulate the protection of economic, social, and cultural rights. The Covenant was approved by the United Nations General Assembly with resolution 2200 A (XXI) on December 16th, 1966 and became effective in 1976.

Ver ratificaciones por país EN FR

close

The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racism is the international instrument of the Universal System for the Protection of Human Rights of the United Nations, explicitly directed towards the elimination of any kind of racial discrimination. It was approved by the United Nations General Assembly with resolution 2106 (XX) on December 21st, 1965 and became effective in 1969.

Ver ratificaciones por país EN FR

close

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the international instrument of the Universal System for the Protection of Human Rights of the United Nations that regulates the protection of human rights for persons with disabilities, explicitly mentioning a social development perspective. In this Convention a broad classification of persons with disabilities are considered, and it reaffirms that all people with all kinds of disabilities should be able to enjoy all their fundamental human rights and liberties. It was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on December 13th, 2006.

Ver ratificaciones por país EN FR

close

The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women is the international instrument of the Universal System for the Protection of Human Rights of the United Nations that regulates the protection of rights of women. It defines acts that constitute discrimination against women and describes the nature of State obligations through laws, public policy, and programs that the State should develop to eliminate discrimination. It was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on December 18th, 1979.

Ver ratificaciones por país EN FR

close

The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the international instrument used by the Universal System for the Protection of Human Rights of the United Nations that recognizes the articulated rights of the child on the basis of four fundamental principles: no discrimination, best interests of the child, the right to life, livelihood and development, and the respect of the child’s opinion. It was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on November 20th, 1989.

Ver ratificaciones por país EN FR

close

The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families is the international instrument used by the Universal System for the Protection of Human Rights of the United Nations that regulates the protection of rights of migrant persons and their families, regardless of their migration status. It was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on December 18th, 1990.

Ver ratificaciones por país EN FR

close

The Constituent Agreement of the Development Fund for Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean is the international instrument used by the Universal System for the Protection of Human Rights of the United Nations that advises governments in assuming responsibility for developing, with the participation of indigenous populations, a coordinated and systematic action plan with the aim of protecting the rights of these populations and guaranteeing the respect of their integrity. It was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on June 27th, 1989.

Ver ratificaciones por país EN FR

Constitutional Mention of Sectoral Topics

See regional situation

Explicit Mention

Indirect/Implicit Mention

Does not mention

Year of Latest Observed Constitution

Social Housing

Work and Social Security

Public Health

Public Education

Social Development

Children and Adolescents

Youth/Young Adults

Women

Older Persons

Persons with Disabilities

Afrodecendants and Indigenous Peoples

Migrants

1972

View details

close

ARTICULO 117. El Estado establecerá una política nacional de vivienda destinada a proporcionar el goce de este derecho social a toda la población, especialmente a los sectores de menor ingreso.

View law

close

ARTICULO 113. Todo individuo tiene derecho a la seguridad de sus medios económicos de subsistencia en caso de incapacidad para trabajar u obtener trabajo retribuido. Los servicios de seguridad social serán prestados o administrados por entidades autónomas y cubrirán los casos de enfermedad, maternidad, invalidez, subsidios de familia, vejez, viudez, orfandad, paro forzoso, accidentes de trabajo, enfermedades profesionales y las demás contingencias que puedan ser objeto de previsión y seguridad sociales. La Ley proveerá la implantación de tales servicios a medida que las necesidades lo exijan LA FAMILIA ARTICULO 56.El Estado protegerá la salud física, mental y moral de los menores y garantizará el derecho de éstos a la alimentación, la salud, la educación y la seguridad y previsión sociales. Igualmente tendrán derecho a esta protección los ancianos y enfermos desvalidos.

View law

close

ARTICULO 109. Es función esencial del Estado velar por la salud de la población de la República. El individuo, como parte de la comunidad, tiene derecho a la promoción, protección, conservación, restitución y rehabilitación de la salud y la obligación de conservarla, entendida ésta como el completo bienestar físico, mental y social.

View law

close

ARTICULO 91. Todos tienen el derecho a la educación y la responsabilidad de educarse. El Estado organiza y dirige el servicio público de la educación nacional y garantiza a los padres de familia el derecho de participar en el proceso educativo de sus hijos.

View law

close

The latest constitutional text revised for this country does not present any explicit on indirect mentions for this sectoral topic in particular.

View law

close

LA FAMILIA ARTICULO 56.El Estado protegerá la salud física, mental y moral de los menores y garantizará el derecho de éstos a la alimentación, la salud, la educación y la seguridad y previsión sociales. Igualmente tendrán derecho a esta protección los ancianos y enfermos desvalidos.

View law

close

The latest constitutional text revised for this country does not present any explicit on indirect mentions for this sectoral topic in particular.

View law

close

ARTICULO 90. El Estado reconoce y respeta la identidad étnica de las comunidades indígenas nacionales, realizará programas tendientes a desarrollar los valores materiales, sociales y espirituales propios de cada una de sus culturas y creará una institución para el estudio, conservación, divulgación de las mismas y de sus lenguas, así como la promoción del desarrollo integral de dichos grupos humanos.

View law

close

ARTICULO 17. Las autoridades de la República están instituidas para proteger en su vida, honra y bienes a los nacionales dondequiera se encuentren y a los extranjeros que estén bajo su jurisdicción; asegurar la efectividad de los derechos y deberes individuales y sociales, y cumplir y hacer cumplir la Constitución y la Ley.

View law

Specific national laws

See regional situation

Law present

Official information not available

Children and Adolescents

Youth/Young Adults

Older Persons

Women

Peoples with Disabilites

Afrodescendants and Indigenous Peoples

Migrants

Public Education

Work and Social Security

Social Housing

Public Health

Social Development

Legal Instrument

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

Organizational dimension

Main authority for intersectoral coordination

See regional situation

Country	Panama
Main authority	Social Cabinet
Year of creation	1985
Coordinating authority	Minister of Social Development
Members	Technical Secretariat attached to the Ministry of Social Development; Multisectoral Commission of the Social Cabinet; Technical Committee on Population; Directors of Planning of the Ministries that integrate the Social Cabinet, and Director of Social Policies of the Ministry of Social Development

Main authority devoted to social development

See regional situation

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	María Inés Castillo (2020)

Institutions protecting certain population segments

See regional situation

Official information not available

Population segment	Children and Adolescents	Youth/Young Adults	Older Persons	Persons with Disabilities	Women	Migrants
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)

Technical-operational dimension

Management, planning, evaluation, and transparency tools for social programmes

See regional situation

Tool present

Tool not present

Main Social Protection Actor (Presence and Hierarchy)	Technical-operational dimension
	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		Evaluation mechanisms for social programs
					Integrated Social Information System		Evaluation mechanisms for social programs
					General	Sectorial	General	Sectorial
Ministry of Social Development

Follow ECLAC

Strategic partners

Subscription
Get updates by email

Subscribe