THE RIGHTS OF THE ADOLESCENTS IN THE BRAZILIAN CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM

Authors

  • Ana Paula Motta Costa UFRGS, IPA, IMED

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/rfd.2013.4224

Keywords:

adolescents, constitution, fundamental rights, recognition

Abstract

The constitutionalization of the rights of Brazilian adolescents, from ahistorical approach, consists in anormative change which aims to overcome the model of egal treatment set to this specific public, inforce untilthe endof the twentieth century. It is the legal recognition of the peculiar condition of such people, as subjects of rights anddignity. It’s the adults: State, family and society, in the performance oftheir social roles, which should enable the objective conditions for them to grow and develop potentialities.Adolescents are holders of rights and obligations or responsibilities that are gradual to their stage of development. Their rights, interdependent, have a horizontal efficacy, because it’s effectiveness is a dutyfor the family and for society. And a vertical efficacy, since the State has the duty of installment of public policies  and the duty of omission, ornegative obligation, due to the limited intervention in the life and family of people.

Author Biography

Ana Paula Motta Costa, UFRGS, IPA, IMED

Departamento de Ciências Penais/FAculdade de Direito

Published

2013-12-09

How to Cite

Costa, A. P. M. (2013). THE RIGHTS OF THE ADOLESCENTS IN THE BRAZILIAN CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM. Revista Da Faculdade De Direito Da UERJ, (24), 40–61. https://doi.org/10.12957/rfd.2013.4224