Canada's international obligations to all children who have committed offences support a preumption that juvenile offenders are not to be treated like adults.

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Canada has ratified multiple international agreements, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which requires that juvenile offenders be treated differently than adult offenders. This supports a presumption that juvenile offenders should not be treated like adults.

Canada's International Obligations to All Children Who Have Committed Offences