Türkiye’s Child Protection Law Toughens Sentences for Young Offenders
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The law should provide for a general increase in penalties where the victim is an elderly person, a child or any person who is invalid for physical, psychological or functional reasons.
The Child Protection Law Proposal, which includes regulations concerning children involved in crime, was accepted by the Grand National Assembly and enacted into law.
With the regulation accepted in the Turkish Grand National Assembly, the penalty limits applied to serious crimes committed by children aged 12-18 have been increased. The definition of "child involved in crime" has been removed and replaced with the expression "child in the judicial process".
The new law passed by the Turkish Grand National Assembly has introduced significant changes to the child protection system. Age reductions and penalties have been revised.
The "Draft Law on Amendments to the Child Protection Law and Certain Other Laws," which includes regulations on the child justice system, execution processes, and the protection of children, was approved by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. With this amendment, those who negligently provide weapons to a child will face up to 3 years of imprisonment, while the penalty limits for serious crimes committed by children aged 12-18 have been incre…
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