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10-05-2014, 03:20 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
Source: Remy Choo Zheng Xi Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/remychoo.xi/posts/10152073686545036?fref=nf)
I'm shocked that CNA has decided to use photos of the alleged Toa Payoh vandals, all of whom are considered children under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Singapore has acceded to. Article 16 of the CRC provides that no child shall be subject to arbitrary interference with his privacy. Article 40 (2)(b)(vii) the CRC recognizes that every child alleged to have committed a penal offence has the guarantee that his privacy will be respected at all stages of the proceedings. I hope the AGC takes swift and immediate action to prevent the media from further reporting on their identities, and to warn the media for their actions to date. A failure to do so might amount to a breach of Singapore's treaty obligations under international law.
Further, if any of the individuals pictured are eventually found to be 16 and below, CNA and the relevant media outlets will be in breach of Section 35 of the Children and Young Persons Act which makes it an offence to publish the pictures of young persons in court proceedings.
It's of utmost importance to protect young persons involved in judicial proceedings, I hope the authorities act accordingly.
P.s. have edited this post to remove the CNA link, which shows the photos of the boys.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?181316-Publishing-Photo-of-TPY-Vandals-Violates-The-UN-Convention-on-the-Rights-of-the-Child&goto=newpost).
Source: Remy Choo Zheng Xi Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/remychoo.xi/posts/10152073686545036?fref=nf)
I'm shocked that CNA has decided to use photos of the alleged Toa Payoh vandals, all of whom are considered children under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Singapore has acceded to. Article 16 of the CRC provides that no child shall be subject to arbitrary interference with his privacy. Article 40 (2)(b)(vii) the CRC recognizes that every child alleged to have committed a penal offence has the guarantee that his privacy will be respected at all stages of the proceedings. I hope the AGC takes swift and immediate action to prevent the media from further reporting on their identities, and to warn the media for their actions to date. A failure to do so might amount to a breach of Singapore's treaty obligations under international law.
Further, if any of the individuals pictured are eventually found to be 16 and below, CNA and the relevant media outlets will be in breach of Section 35 of the Children and Young Persons Act which makes it an offence to publish the pictures of young persons in court proceedings.
It's of utmost importance to protect young persons involved in judicial proceedings, I hope the authorities act accordingly.
P.s. have edited this post to remove the CNA link, which shows the photos of the boys.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?181316-Publishing-Photo-of-TPY-Vandals-Violates-The-UN-Convention-on-the-Rights-of-the-Child&goto=newpost).