Even as legislators push for the lowering of the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 9 years old (later raised to 12), the country is winning plaudits for the passage last month of Republic Act No. 11188, known as the Special Protection of Children in Situations of Armed Conflict law. The new law declares children as “zones of peace,” and is aimed at protecting children in situations of armed conflict from all forms of
Even as legislators push for the lowering of the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 9 years old (later raised to 12), the country is winning plaudits for the passage last month of Republic Act No. 11188, known as the Special Protection of Children in Situations of Armed
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