SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 62
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In a number of countries, juvenile justice remains an important gap in efforts to align the national normative framework with international standards. As a result, the minimum age of criminal responsibility is at times too low, adults' proceedings are applicable to children accused of committing an offence, and in a number of countries sentencing of persons below 18 can include capital punishment, life imprisonment, stoning, canning, flogging and amputation.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children