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What does Argentina’s new lower age of criminal responsibility law entail?

News from Latin America and Mercosur [Unofficial] February 13, 2026
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Argentina’s debate over a “lower age of criminal responsibility” centres on the minimum age at which the State can formally prosecute a minor. The lower house of Congress (Chamber of Deputies) has given initial approval to a new Juvenile Criminal Regime that would lower that threshold from 16 to 14 and redefine procedures and sanctions for adolescents.

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