POSITION PAPER OF BREAK THE SILENCE NATIONAL NETWORK ON HOUSE BILL NO. 002 SEEKING TO LOWER THE MINIMUM AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FROM 15 TO 9 YEARS OLD

1.0Child Rights Coalition Asiahttps://www.crcasia.orgMica Olano-Fernandohttps://www.crcasia.org/author/mica/POSITION PAPER OF BREAK THE SILENCE NATIONAL NETWORK ON HOUSE BILL NO. 002 SEEKING TO LOWER THE MINIMUM AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FROM 15 TO 9 YEARS OLD - Child Rights Coalition Asiarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="gFYY8eC6CR"><a href="https://www.crcasia.org/position-paper-of-break-the-silence-national-network-on-house-bill-no-002/">POSITION PAPER OF BREAK THE SILENCE NATIONAL NETWORK ON HOUSE BILL NO. 002 SEEKING TO LOWER THE MINIMUM AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FROM 15 TO 9 YEARS OLD</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.crcasia.org/position-paper-of-break-the-silence-national-network-on-house-bill-no-002/embed/#?secret=gFYY8eC6CR" width="600" height="338" title="“POSITION PAPER OF BREAK THE SILENCE NATIONAL NETWORK ON HOUSE BILL NO. 002 SEEKING TO LOWER THE MINIMUM AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FROM 15 TO 9 YEARS OLD” — Child Rights Coalition Asia" data-secret="gFYY8eC6CR" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.crcasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/BTS.png632316PHILIPPINES — The Break the Silence (BTS) National Network declares its strong disapproval and opposition to House Bill No. 002, which seeks to amend Republic Act No. 9344 or the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act (JJWA) of 2006, as Amended by Republic Act No. 10630, lowering the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility (MACR) from 15 years...