Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:50:23 +0000
Child rights advocates said on Monday that the facility recommended for housing child-offenders is not livable.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 05:15:06 +0000
Children have ‘immature’ brains compared to adults based on scientific evidence and hence should be treated differently in terms of legal responsibility, the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC) said on Tuesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 01:41:40 +0000
Criminalizing children as young as nine years old could be “ruinous” to the their future, the Liberal Party (LP) said.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 01:31:19 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Is it ok for a 13-year-old minor to rape or kill?
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 00:55:37 +0000
Opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV thumbed down a bill seeking to lower the age of criminal liability from 15 to nine years old.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 08:47:43 +0000
Under the bill passed by the House justice panel Monday, children in conflict with the law will not be sent to ordinary prisons.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 04:48:31 +0000
Actor Dingdong Dantes opposed the lowering the age of criminal liability from 15 to nine years old.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 02:55:54 +0000
The House justice panel approved a bill lowering the age of criminal liability from 15 to nine despite opposition from child rights group.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:44:14 +0000
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has joined local and international child rights’ groups in denouncing a proposed measure in the House of Representatives to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 9 years old.
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