SCHEDULEWTHE CONVENTION, PROTOCOLS, DECLARATIONS AND RESERVATIONS

PART 1 WPART I OF THE CONVENTION

Article 40W

3WStates Parties shall seek to promote the establishment of laws, procedures, authorities and institutions specifically applicable to children alleged as, accused of, or recognized as having infringed the penal law, and, in particular:

(a)the establishment of a minimum age below which children shall be presumed not to have the capacity to infringe the penal law;

(b)whenever appropriate and desirable, measures for dealing with such children without resorting to judicial proceedings, providing that human rights and legal safeguards are fully respected.