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'A huge missed opportunity': Australia has resisted UN calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility


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Human rights groups and Indigenous advocates have criticised the federal government for ignoring international pressure to raise the age of criminal responsibility. 
Australia fronted the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday evening, as part of the Universal Period Review which occurs every five years, thrusting its human rights record under the global spotlight. 
Currently, children in Australia can be held criminally responsible from the age of 10. 
More than 30 member nations supported a key recommendation from an initial UN hearing in January to raise the minimum age to 14. 
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Appearing before the committee, Australian s Permanent Representative to the UN Sally Mansfield did not formally accept the recommendation, saying responsibility lies with states and territories.  ....

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