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Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a population of 6.8 million, nearly half of which is under 18 years of age. [1] Public trust in the justice system has been eroded, and the country’s significant crime problem exacerbated, by brutal responses from police against those they suspect of having committed offences, and the routine violence, abuse and rape carried out by police against persons, including ...
Following PNG's ongoing affairs surrounding corruption, the National Anti-Corruption Authority (NACA) was established in April 2004, in an attempt to reduce negative implications. NACA works alongside nine other public sector organisations, including the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) with the common goal of reducing corruption ...
The Ministry of Justice of Papua New Guinea and Department of Justice & Attorney General acts as the principal advisor to the government on all legal matters and is responsible for all civil litigation matters by and against the state. The Minister of Justice (who serves simultaneously as the Attorney General if s/he is a qualified lawyer ...
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Based on the reporting of John Cheves and Tessa Duvall, the juvenile justice system is not short on challenges. And as the 2023 General Assembly opens, candidly, I am scared about where we are headed.
Another young thug, just 12 years old, has already been busted six times, but also roams the streets at will after being cycled through a state juvenile justice system that is handcuffed by lax ...
It was originally proposed as a Bill of Rights for Young Offenders, but was eventually renamed the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules on the Administration of Juvenile Justice. The proposed draft was then discussed at length at the United Nations Seventh Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders in Milan , Italy , in ...
She traces many of the problems back to 2019, when Raise the Age went into effect in North Carolina, a law where 16 and 17-year-olds accused of crimes are no longer automatically put into the ...