Submission on the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility
Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety Enquiry into: Justice (Age of Criminal Responsibility) Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
Tag: responsibility
Law Council: Age of Criminal Responsibility
From the Law Council of Australia: https://www.lawcouncil.asn.au/media/media-releases/children-deserve-care-not-the-criminal-justice-system
Age of Criminal Responsibility
Why is the ACT still dragging its feet on this ? We have had years of deliberation, but no action https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2022/03/18/demands-raise-age-after-revelations-nsw-govt-still-locking-11-year-olds
Age of criminal responsibility is ‘out of step with the rest of the world’ by Lauren Croft
Age of criminal responsibility is ‘out of step with the rest of the world’ 08 November 2021 • By Lauren Croft Following the release of its road map to raising the age of criminal responsibility, the ACT AG has pledged to “provide better alternatives” to children in custody. In October, the ACT outlined its plan to raise the […]
Law Council in Darwin – minimum age of criminal responsibility, and presentations by Olga Havnen, CEO Danila Dilba Health Service, and by Chief Justice of the NT Supreme Court, the Hon Michael Grant CJ – both focussing on children in detention
28 June 2019 This quarter the Law Council of Australia (LCA) meetings were hosted by the Northern Territory Law Society in Darwin. At one of these meetings, a significant policy position was reached — that the minimum age for criminal responsibility should be 14 years, and the LCA would like that policy adopted by all […]