The Big Fight: On The Big Fight, we debate if the age should be lowered for juvenile offenders and whether the sentence should be linked to the gravity of the crime.

Purely from a child rights perspective and considering the best interest of the child principle as envisioned in the Convention of Child Rights, we advocate for a  better care and protection frame work for juveniles, and not to fall into the hoard mindset of ‘punishment’ and punitive action only.

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Protecting children from violence was the focus of a high-level panel convened by the governments of Canada and Liberia on March 25 in New York at UNICEF House.

Julia Duncan Cassell, Liberia’s minister of gender and development, and Margaret Biggs, president of the Canadian International…