Full criminal process was applied to all crimes, overburdening the system with trivial cases. Allows various alternatives, such as conciliation, to resolve minor crimes. Did not address organized crime. Defines accessory crimes, making it possible to establish various levels of responsibility and combat organized crime. Victims had limited ability to participate in trials.
Victims have right to active participation in trial and their testimony is admissible as evidence.
Gives legal standing to common-law unions and eliminates all discrimination based on marital status of parents. Favored men over women in disputes concerning marriage, property or child custody. Gives men and women equal rights and responsibilities in marriage, property and child custody. Did not establish the fundamental rights of minors or the elderly, and did not specify the state's obligation to protect the rights of families, minors or the elderly. Specifies the fundamental rights of minors and the elderly and establishes the state's duty to protect families, minors and the elderly.