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Treatment of 17 year olds in Queensland criminal justice system
| Date | 19 July 2005 |
| Subject | Children and Young People (Inc. CRoC) |
| Type | Letter |
| Description | Australian Lawyers for Human Rights wrote to the Queensland Premier expressing concern that Queensland will receive adverse comment by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Children because it remains the sole Australian state to treat 17 year olds as adults in the criminal justice system. |
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