The UN Special Rapporteur on torture has urged the Queensland Parliament to vote on the government's headline youth crime legislation, calling it "incompatible with basic child rights".

The Free National Government operated under the slogan of "Adult Crime, Adult Era" in the elections in October last year. It passed legislation that sentences children to 13 counts of crimes that were the same as those of adults in December.

Parliament will consider a second round of legislation, adding 20 crimes this week.

In an open letter to Australian authorities, Alice Jill Edwards, the Special Rapporteur for Torture and Albert K Barume, and the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, said Australia's criminal legal system "appears to be in crisis across the country."

They warned that the system is “creating the Australians of the future”.

“Due to the short-sighted youth crime and detention methods, children do not harm their safety and well-being as well as their education and life prospects.”

Edwards and Barume specifically picked out the Queensland Safer (Adult Crime, Adult Time) Amendment Act in an open letter.

"[The Act]will have a particularly negative impact on the lives of Indigenous children who are already disproportionately represented in the criminal legal system. We urge Queensland lawmakers to vote against the bill," they said.

Human rights lawyer Edwards was the first Australian in the position.

In April, Queensland Prime Minister David Crisafulli criticized the United Nations for interfering in local politics, saying "this place will govern its laws."

"This place will determine how we can keep Queenslanders safe, and this place will be responsible for Queenslanders, not UN Bowfins," he said.

However, the government acknowledged that both rounds of legislation run contrary to state and international human rights law, while Young Attorney General Laura Gerber acknowledged that the legislation would limit “rights to “free from cruel, inhuman treatment” when it calls for increased humane treatment, inhuman treatment and the right to deprivation of liberty.”

Some of the crimes included in the legislation this week will apply to a small number of even no youth offenders.

According to statistics shared by the Ministry of Youth Justice and the Ministry of Victims Support with the Parliamentary Committee, several children have not committed children in the past five years, such as the fact-posted attachment for murder or kidnapping ransom.

Others were very rare; at that time, only one child was proven to be kidnapped.

There are only 467 charges in total, new crimes committed in 2024.

According to police statistics, about 624,414 crimes were committed in 2024. According to the Queensland Audit Office, youth crimes account for about 13% of all crimes.

Opposition leader Steven Miles announced Monday afternoon that his party would support the expansion of the law. Labour also voted for the first batch.

"We won't object to the LNP's attempt to resolve mistakes," Miles said. "Of course, we can't stop it anyway. The LNP has a vast majority, so these laws will go through either way."