Direitos Infanto Juvenis na perspectiva do Serviço Social: reflexões a partir das produções do 17º CBAS

Abstract

This study aims to understand how the field of Social Work has approached the issue of children's and adolescents' rights. The relevance of the social worker's role in making rights accessible to the population is highlighted, especially regarding children and adolescents. To this end, the study seeks to analyze how the child and youth population has been treated in the Brazilian context, through a historical trajectory of their rights, and the denial of those rights, from the colonial period to the post-implementation phase of the Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA). The research adopts a Marxist critical perspective, aiming for a comprehensive understanding of the living conditions of this population. It is a bibliographic study with a qualitative and exploratory approach. The analysis focuses on academic works addressing childhood and adolescence, presented during the 17th Brazilian Congress of Social Workers. This analysis revealed that, in Social Work, the rights of children and adolescents have primarily been addressed after their violation, rather than prioritizing protective measures for childhood and adolescence.