Tramitação e aprovação do Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente no Congresso Nacional (1989‑1990) (Processing and approval of the Statute of the Child and Adolescent in the National Congress (1989‑1990))

In this paper, the processing and approval of the Statute of the Child and Adolescent (Estatuto da Crianca e do Adolescente – ECA) (1989‑1990) was analyzed. The research, with a bibliographic and documentary profile, used the content analysis parameters to make an analysis of excerpts accessed in the collections of the National Congress on the promulgation of ECA in 1990, which replaced the 1979 Code of Minors. The theoretical framework talks about social stratification, class distinction and the protection of youth within the scope of State power. The discussion is important because it deals with the legal recognition of a new conception of childhood and adolescence, as well as a new paradigm of justice in dealing with situations of vulnerability and conflict with the law. The result of the research allows to infer that, after 30 years of the approval of this legislation for children and youth, the guarantee of integral protection is still a reality far from a promising horizon.