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Protecting Older Persons in the Criminal Justice System: Procedural and Penal Responses in Emirati and French Laws

2026-08-04

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At a juncture where criminal law intersects with the vulnerability of the aging human body, age emerges as a decisive criterion for assessing the fairness of criminal justice systems and their commitment to human dignity. With advancing age, physical and psychological capacities often decline, increasing older persons’ exposure to the harms of criminal procedures and punitive measures. This reality calls for a rea...

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Literature Corpus work: 59aaa142-ac66-5bf5-8001-9dd005597c3b
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.187314.1

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