UN Rights of the Child committee chair says NT government's lowering of criminal age 'contravened' global treaty obligations
ABCThe chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child said the Northern Territory had contravened Australia's international treaty obligations by lowering the age of criminal responsibility from 12 to 10 years old. The chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has written to Anthony Albanese about the NT government's move to lower the criminal age. The Northern Territory passed new laws to lower its criminal age late on Thursday evening, delivering on a key election promise of the new conservative Country Liberal Party government within its first parliament sittings. Calls for national approach to youth justice Photo shows A middle-aged white woman with a black blazer and glasses sitting in a courtyard The national children's commissioner has warned against the Northern Territory's plan to lower the age of criminal responsibility.
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Australia: Why children as young as 10 face life sentences in Queensland
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