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Treatment of 17 year olds in Queensland criminal justice system
Date | 16 May 2006 |
Subject | Children and Young People (Inc. CRoC) |
Type | Letter |
Description | Australian Lawyers for Human Rights wrote to the Queensland Premier expressing concern that Queensland remains the sole Australian state to treat 17 year olds as adults in the criminal justice system. ALHR referred to the comments by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. |
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