COMPILATION OF INTERNATIONAL NORMS
AND STANDARDS RELATING TO DISABILITY
Part V. Rights of Vulnerable Groups. 3/11   
2. Rights of the Youth
In Article 15 (3) (c) of the Additional Protocol to the American Convention on
Human Rights in the Field of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights States
undertake to adopt special measures for the protection of adolescents in order to ensure
the full development of their physical, intellectual and moral capacities.
The goals mentioned in the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles
Deprived of their Liberty are protections provided specifically for juveniles.
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