00:00In El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele enacted a package of legal reforms allowing life imprisonment to be imposed on minors
00:06aged 12 to 18 convicted of serious crimes.
00:09The amendments, which will take effect on April 26, eliminate the special regime for juvenile offenders and introduce periodic reviews
00:17of sentences.
00:18The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has criticized the measure for violating international human rights standards
00:25and the Convention of the Rights of the Child.
00:28Social organizations have denounced the government for using security as a pretext to implement authoritarian policies that criminalize young people
00:38and violate international treaties.
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