LNP’s youth crime legislation condemned by UN as ‘incompatible with basic child rights’

United Nations special rapporteur on torture urges Queensland parliament to vote down the laws

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The United Nations special rapporteur on torture has urged Queensland's parliament to vote down the government's headline youth crime legislation, calling it incompatible with basic child rights".

The Liberal National government ran on a slogan of adult crime, adult time" at last October's election. It passed legislation to sentence children convicted of 13 offences the same as adults in December.

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