Overview
- A party paper proposes a judicial "Verantwortungsverfahren" bringing children under 14 before a court to reconstruct offenses in the presence of parents, prosecutors and a youth judge.
- Courts would be empowered to order standardized educational measures after the proceedings, with an emphasis on victim reconciliation rather than traditional punishment.
- The draft would allow youth criminal law to be applied from age 12 instead of 14, citing what the CSU calls a worrying rise in violent offenses by younger children and the use of minors as drug couriers.
- CSU Bundestag members are set to discuss the proposal at their Kloster Seeon retreat, and the paper remains an internal party initiative rather than enacted law.
- The document is part of a wider security package seeking tougher penalties for knife attacks, K.O. drops and group rapes, AI‑based facial recognition in transport hubs, GPS‑tracker provisions in stalking laws, and active cyber countermeasures including a "Cyber‑Dome."