Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The Situation of Children in the Adult Criminal Justice System in the United States
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As a result of its visits and of the information it received, the IACHR observes that a significant number of children are being consistently treated as adults in the U.S. criminal justice system, in violation of their basic right to special protection and to be tried in a specialized juvenile system.