Politics · Brazil · 3 hrs ago
Brazilian lawmaker expects report on lowering criminal responsibility age
A proposal would lower Brazil’s criminal responsibility age from 18 to 16.
It is being considered by a committee of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies.
Deputy Mendonça Filho is the committee’s rapporteur, the lawmaker responsible for preparing an opinion on the proposal.
He said on Wednesday, November 4, that he expects to present it by the end of the month.
The proposal concerns the age at which a person can be held criminally responsible.
The committee’s consideration of the proposal is ongoing, and the next stated step is the presentation of Mendonça Filho’s opinion.
Deputy Mendonça Filho said he expects to present a report on a proposal to lower the age of criminal responsibility.
The proposal would reduce the age from 18 to 16.
He made the statement on Wednesday, November 4, at a committee of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies.
He expects to present the report at the end of the month.
- Who
- Deputy Mendonça Filho (PL-PE), the proposal’s rapporteur.
- What
- He said he expects to present a report on a proposal to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16.
- When
- Wednesday, November 4, 2026.
- Where
- A committee of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies.
- Why
- Not stated
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Mendonça Filho said he expects to present his report at the end of the month.
Mendonça Filho expects to present his report on the proposal.
- Rapporteur
- Mendonça Filho (PL-PE)
- Proposed age
- 16, down from 18
- Statement date
- November 4, 2026
- Expected report
- End of the month
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