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Civil society, international community against changes to juvenile justice law

Jun 14, 2012 12:53 AM

By CARLO FIGUEROA

HUMAN rights groups continue to voice their opposition to moves to amend the country’s juvenile justice law.
This comes even after the House of Representatives on June 4 passed on third and final reading House Bill 6052 proposing to lower the age of criminal liability from 15 to 12 years old.

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Move to lower age of criminal liability faces stiff opposition

Oct 19, 2011 8:35 PM

N0 one would think that 17-year-old Ariel Bowagan was a child offender before he became the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK)chairman of Barangay Dontogan in Baguio City.