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The Korean National Commission on Human Rights has decided to notify the President of the National Assembly and the Minister of Justice that the “partial amendment to the law on minors” proposed by the National Assembly to lower the age of young people is undesirable in how effective alternative to the prevention of juvenile crime.
The Human Rights Commission said: “Reducing the age of minors by law can increase the negative stigma effect on juvenile offenders and hinder their growth as healthy members of society. Judged.
“Reducing the maximum age limit for minors under the law is against the international human rights standard that the minimum age for criminal responsibility should be kept at 14,” he said.
He added: “To prevent juvenile crime, understanding the diversity of causes of delinquency must come first and it is necessary to analyze the problems of the juvenile justice system and respond in an integrated way.”
“One of the biggest problems with juvenile crime today is that the recidivism rate of juvenile crimes continues to rise,” he said.
