The Commission on Human Rights supports the intention and purpose for which the bill was conceptualized, however we must maintain that imposing penalties for violation the curfew imposed on children may be considered a status offense, to which the Convention on the Rights of the Child prohibits. General Comment No. 10 (2007) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child urges States-Parties to the convention to abolish status offenses to uphold equal treatment under the law for children and adults.