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Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies Lowers the Age of Criminal Responsibility From 16 to 14
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What does Argentina’s new lower age of criminal responsibility law entail?
Argentina’s debate over a “lower age of criminal responsibility” centres on the minimum age at which the State can formally prosecute a minor. The lower house of Congress (Chamber of Deputies) has given initial approval to a new Juvenile Criminal Regime that would lower that threshold from 16 to 14 and redefine procedures and sanctions for adolescents.
Until Thursday, February 12, Argentina was the country of South America with the highest age of criminal responsibility. But this is in the process of changing as a draft law has... Article Argentina: MPs reduce criminal responsibility to 14 years due to the rise in youth delinquency appeared first on Current Values.
The Argentine Chamber of Deputies has approved a bill on the proposal of the Executive of Javier Milei to reduce the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14 years. The initiative, which has been carried out with 149 supports and 100 votes against, would change a system in force since 1980. Now, the legislative text will be passed to the Senate for its vote. Therefore, if it is finally approved, Argentina would no longer be the country with …
The proposal was inspired by President Javier Milei and, in order to enter into force, needs to be approved at the country Senate.
In a week when the ruling party capitalized on its new parliamentary strength with the medium sanction of the labor modernization project, the Chamber of Deputies was the scene of a new political triumph with the approval, by a large majority, of a new juvenile penal regime, whose axis is the decrease of the imputability age from 16 to 14 years. The initiative was approved with 149 positive votes and 100 negatives. The Union for the Homeland blo…
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