October 2020. We responded to a Scottish Government consultation on raising the age at which a child can be referred to a children’s hearing from 18. This would help ensure
Audio clip: Children and young people’s report 2015-16— The age of criminal responsibility
October 2016.
Audio clip on the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Scotland.
Evidence to the Equalities and Human Rights Committee: Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill
November 2018
Evidence around the Bill that proposes to raise the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility from 8 to 12.
Equalities and Human Rights Committee Call for Evidence: Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill
January 2019
Our evidence around the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill highlights proposals to revise a UN General Comment on juvenile justice.
Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child: Draft revised General Comment No. 10 on children’s rights in juvenile justice
January 2019
Comments on proposed revisions to the Committee’s General Comment 10, including its recommendation that a minimum age of criminal responsibility of 14 should now be considered the absolute minimum standard.
MSP Briefing: International standard for the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility
May 2019
This briefing for MSPs reiterates 14 as the minimum acceptable international standard for the age of criminal responsibility.