Abstract

Due to the disoarity in the laws around the legal regime of joung minor accused, investigated, prosecuted and sentenced for the commission of a crime, the United Nations, through the Minimum Rules for the Administration of Justice of minors, the Convention on the Rigts of the Child, Minimum rules on non-custodial measures, the Guidelines for the prevention of juvenile dilinquency and the Rules for the protecction of minors deprived of liberty have established mínimum parameters that serve as a basis for the states parties créate and apply a specialized system that guarantees the rights of young people under the age of mayority. These parameters are complemented by the General Observatios of the Committe on the Rights of the Child, the Amercan Convention on Human Rights, as well as the criteria of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.