Bibliographic citations
Rosas, A., (2018). La capacidad de agencia de las organizaciones juveniles en el uso de mecanismos de accountability. El caso: “la despenalización de las relaciones sexuales consentidas con adolescentes (Perú - 2008-2013)” [Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/9941
Rosas, A., La capacidad de agencia de las organizaciones juveniles en el uso de mecanismos de accountability. El caso: “la despenalización de las relaciones sexuales consentidas con adolescentes (Perú - 2008-2013)” []. PE: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/9941
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title = "La capacidad de agencia de las organizaciones juveniles en el uso de mecanismos de accountability. El caso: “la despenalización de las relaciones sexuales consentidas con adolescentes (Perú - 2008-2013)”",
author = "Rosas García, Alice Hazel",
publisher = "Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú",
year = "2018"
}
In April 2006 the Peruvian Parliament passed the Law 28704, criminalizing sexual relations with adolescents. Consequently and also unintentionally, the law imposed serious obstacles to the availability of information concerning sexual and health education and care of this vulnerable sector of the population. In this context, the effort of a well-organized group of young people, who made the decision to claim their rights before the Constitutional Court - TC, is very important. After thirteen months of large groups of young people to go into the street and demand loudly their sexual rights, the Constitutional Court pronounced a judgement which declared the civic demand as justified and which recognized the right of adolescents to freedom of sexual relationships. This case represents a milestone in the history of the struggle of sexual rights and the process is an example of the political capability of the youth with respect to the use of the mechanisms of accountability in the defence of sexual and reproductive rights. The process has been reconstructed on the basis of the understanding and evaluation of those interviewed for this study. Their testimonies allow a deeper penetration into the use of vertical social accountability and its effectiveness when state agencies are involved. This experience is evidence that the articulation of vertical social accountability and horizontal accountability make way for the solution of a public problem and that its practice strengthens democracy.
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