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This chapter describes the characteristics of child welfare and child protection systems in Argentina till December 2023, before the libertarian party administration took office. Argentina, the second largest country in South America, has a 28.8 per cent child and adolescent population. It has a universal and free health care system and 99 per cent general population literacy rate. Child welfare and child protection systems have been built following the Convention on the Rights of the Child recommendations. A unique trait of the child protection legal framework allows children to remain within their families, removing the offender/s from the household. The central government and the provincial and municipal administrations are actively involved in and bear the main responsibility for the protection of children’s rights and the provision of resources for the prevention and the intervention when those rights are violated. Relevant facts about the country’s socioeconomic, historical and political background are provided in the chapter.
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