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Long title

RESOLUTION TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NEED TO OPPOSE ANY MOVE TO LOWER THE LEGISLATED MINIMUM AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY (MACR) OF CHILDREN IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW, AND RETAIN THE EXISTING MACR OF FIFTEEN (15) YEARS OF AGE, AS IT IS IN CONSONANCE WITH THE COGNITIVE, PSYCHOSOCIAL, AND NEUROBIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN AND WITH INTERNATIONAL LEGAL INSTRUMENTS THAT BIND THE PHILIPPINES

Scope

National

Legislative status

Pending in the Committee (9/21/2016)