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9. OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON THE CONTENT OF INFORMATION

The Code of Minors, endorsed by Decree 2737 of 1989, provides some restrictions on information disseminated by the media about minors.

According to Articles 300 to 304 of the above-cited instrument, it is prohibited to make transmissions or publications against the physical, mental or moral integrity of minors. No publications shall incite to violence, justify crime or contain prurient or pornographic descriptions.

Minors shall not be interviewed, give their names or disclose data which reveal, or lead to, their identification. The same prohibition is applied, among other instances, when a minor commits a crime or is a victim of a crime.


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