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Montevideo, March 7th 2026 - 01:59 UTC

Tag: Criminal responsibility

  • Friday, February 13th 2026 - 23:57 UTC

    What does Argentina’s new lower age of criminal responsibility law entail?

    The bill would allow criminal responsibility from age 14, while framing detention as exceptional and limited to serious offences. In those cases, it sets a maximum prison sentence of up to 15 years

    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.