(2026-07-24) Guimarães, Ana Paula; Rebelo, Fernanda
The Convention of the Rights of the Child and Directive (EU) 2016/800 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 11 May, outline a coinciding concept of child and minor suspect or defendant in criminal proceedings, respectively, in Articles 1 and 3, referring to a person under the age of 18, with the sole exception of the possibility that national law establishes a lower age of majority. [...]