Los actos de autoprotección de las personas menores de edad en la reforma al Código civil cubano

The possibility that minors can grant acts of self-protection is a reality in Cuban civil law, coming hand in hand with the reform carried out in 2022 by the Family Code to the current Civil Code. This enhances the prospective autonomy of infants and adolescents who, whether or not they are in a situation of disability, can, in anticipation of their possible arrival, take precautions in this order when appointing supports and safeguards for the exercise of their rights and valid conclusion of legal acts, under the conditio iuris that such appointment will be effective as of their age of majority. It is, without a doubt, a genuine expression of the recognition of the dignity of the human being, the very foundation of the exercise of rights —both constitutional and legal—.