NSW government launches review into age of criminal responsibility

CNN Radio Argentina Eduardo “Coco” Oderigo, co-founder of the Espartanos Foundation, spoke this Tuesday on CNN Radio with Nacho Girón about resocialization in prisons, his views on the bill to lower the age of criminal responsibility, and the importance of the State's role. "The sooner the State takes charge, I agree," Oderigo said on CNN's La Mañana (Morning), the program that airs Monday through Friday at 10 a.m. He clarified that "if the Stat…

Summary Civil Rights Defenders has been asked to provide its views on the report titled. Civil Rights Defenders shares the concern that children and young people are involved in various forms of serious crime. It is of utmost importance that children are protected from being exploited by criminal networks, and instead are given real conditions for a safe upbringing. However, crime prevention and crime prevention work must not be done at the expe…

NSW government launches review into age of criminal responsibility

A review is being conducted by the NSW government into the legal presumption that children aged 10 to 14 can’t be held criminally responsible, amid concerns about how the doli incapax law operates and is applied in practice.