The current dissertation is the result of a research done together with the tutelary counselors of the city of Manaus with the objective of knowing how they act in the defense and assurance of the rights of children and adolescents victims of domestic violence. In order to do so, a qualitative study was undertaken and the main instrument for data colection was a semi-structured interview which was carried out with 12 tutelary counselors, each one from a different Tutelar Counselor in the city (urban and rural areas). The interviews were recorded with the permission of the counselors and after their transcription the responses were organized in two groups. The first one gathered information about the counselors characteristics, their motivations, preparation for acting in the area of children and adolescent’s rights and domestic violence, as well as the advantages e disadvantages that permeate their activities. The second one was organized around tree thematic axes: conceptions about domestic violence, procedures and difficulties in face of its ocurrence, and their evaluation of the work developed in the area of domestic violence. Data were analysed by the Bardin content analysis. Our findings indicate that for the counselors interviewed in this study the main motivation for their work as counselors is their interest in helping that segment of our population and that the capacitation they received regarding children and adolescents’ rigths as well as domestic violence was only introductory. Our results also indicate that the autonomy of their job is seen as the main advantage for them and that the difficulty in managing the hours dedicated to work and personal life is seen as the main disadvantage. They also conceive domestic violence as presented by the literature and they believe that it is a phenomenum of difficult intervention. Nevertheless, their actions regarding this phenomenum resemble conduct control. The tutelary counselors complain about an excess of demand and a lack of efficaciousness of the protection network. Also they express a feeling of impotence with regards to the accomplishment of their duties. All considered, a better attention towards the qualification of the counselors and the recruitment of a technical team to evaluate cases and subsidize the decisions of the Tutelar Counselor is suggested.