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Keira Jenkins

'Waiting for crisis': urgent warning on youth justice

A Human Rights Commission report has recommended raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's youth justice system must be transformed to better protect communities, reduce offending and address the needs of children, the Human Rights Commission says.

Among the commission's 24 recommendations set out in a report are raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 across all states and territories, banning solitary confinement and consistently monitoring all child detention facilities.

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