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The Argentine Senate Lowers the Penal Age to 14 Years

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The Argentine Senate approved this Friday a new Juvenile Penal Regime, which lowers the age of imputability from 16 to 14 years, at the last session of the extraordinary...

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The Argentine Senate approved this Friday a new Juvenile Penal Regime, which lowers the age of imputability from 16 to 14 years, at the last session of the extraordinary...

·Madrid, Spain
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The Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) reported that while the Senate was dealing with the law that tightens the situation of adolescents, in Tucumán the provincial government sends minors to high-profile prisons.

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Opposite Parliamentarians reported that the government speeded up the transmission to the commissions.

·São Paulo, Brazil
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In a historic session full of tension, the Senate of the Nation made law the new Regime of Juvenile Criminal Responsibility on Friday, February 27, 2026. With 44 votes in favor and 27 against, the official of La Libertad Avanza, with the support of allied blocs, managed to impose one of the projects pillars of the security agenda of President Javier Milei. The norm repeals the decree law of 1980 and establishes that adolescents can be tried crim…

And another legislative victory of Milei: Senate also low criminal imputability to 14 years in Argentina By Samuel Salgado “The one who makes them, pays them.” This was the proclamation of President Javier Milei on social networks to celebrate the approval of the penal reform in the Senate. THE ONE MAKES them, THE PAYERS. Fin. pic.twitter.com/h42JIxA7JR — Javier Milei (@JMilei) February 27, 2026 A promise of campaign come true that comes driven …

The Senate of the Argentine Nation sanctioned on Friday the new Juvenile Penal Regime promoted by the government of Javier Milei. The vote ended with 44 votes in favor, 27 against and one abstention, after more than seven hours of debate and in the midst of protests and street courts in the City of Buenos Aires. The norm already had half a sanction of Deputies and now awaits its regulation. The main point of the law is the lowering of the age of…

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elDiarioAR broke the news in on Friday, February 27, 2026.
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