should not be detained or prosecuted solely for their association or membership in the group (see chapter 7 on deprivation of liberty). In the 2018 Addendum to the 2015 Guiding Principles on Foreign Terrorist Fighters (S/2018/1177), the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee specifies that in cases involving children, States should ensure that competent authorities: • are provided with appropriate scope for discretion at all stages of proceedings; • have at their disposal a variety of alternatives to judicial proceedings and sentencing, including, if appropriate, age-sensitive child-protection measures; • are provided with clear guidelines with respect to whether, or under what conditions, they should keep a child in detention and in which cases diversion is possible, subject to regulation and review, in accordance with international law and national standards, and bearing in mind that, in cases involving children, detention should be used as measure of last resort; and • act in accordance with the guidelines regulating pretrial detention and the utilization of other measures of restraint, as provided for in their national criminal legislation and defined in compliance with international law.366 6.2 Key Recommendations 180. The following are recommended: Decision to investigate and prosecute a. Children over the age of criminal responsibility —14, as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child—may be liable for certain actions, when credible evidence exists, but only under internationally recognized justice and fair trial standards, including juvenile justice standards that consider a child’s age at the time of the alleged criminal act. b. Do not investigate or prosecute a child solely for the child’s association with or membership in any group. Children, as victims of recruitment and use, should not face criminal charges for acts of association with a designated terrorist group. Rather, investigate and prosecute adults who recruit children or who manipulate, coerce or order them to commit terrorist acts. c. Do not investigate or prosecute anyone for crimes committed by family members. Procedural safeguards d. Treat all children accused of crimes, including terrorism related crimes, in a manner consistent with international juvenile justice and fair trial standards. e. During the course of justice proceedings, including trial, consider the coercive environment under which the child was living or forced to act. 81.