Age of consent laws vary considerably worldwide. Most countries require young people to be at least 14 before having sex. But there are exceptions. Angola and the Philippines both set the age of consent at 12, which is the lowest in the world.
Japan Panel Calls for Raising Minimum Age of Sexual Consent to 16. Tokyo, Oct. 24 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese government panel on Monday proposed raising the minimum age of sexual consent, stipulated under the criminal code, to 16 from the current 13.
The highest is set at 18 years – in Malta. About half of the Member States apply different age limits to sexual acts between young persons.
The second-highest age of consent is 20 in South Korea, while the majority of other countries have an Age of Consent between 16 and 18. The lowest Age of Consent in the world is 11, in Nigeria. The age of consent is 12 in the Philippines and Angola, and 13 in Burkina Faso, Comoros, Niger, and Japan.
The current rules for age of consent in Germany were set following a post-reunification penal law reform in 1994. The ages of 14 and 16 had been relevant since the Criminal Code for the German Empire came into force in 1872: Under § 176, sexual acts with children under 14 were illegal and have been always since.
The legal age for consensual sex varies between 16 and 17 years across Australian state and territory jurisdictions (see Table 2). For other sexual activities, the criminal legislation relating to different types of sexual behaviours and interactions varies across Australian jurisdictions.
The age of consent in Russia is 16 years old. However, as with many countries, Russia's age of consent has changed several times. The Criminal Code of the Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic (RSFSR) stated that consent was when "sexual maturity" was reached.
The Age of Consent in China is 14 years old. The age of consent is the minimum age at which an individual is considered legally old enough to consent to participation in sexual activity.
In society at that time, 13 was regarded as a reasonable age of consent. In addition, the legal marriageable age was 15 back then. Therefore, the age of 13, which is two years younger than 15, was considered sensible. This explains why the age of consent is 13 in Japan.
Sexual intercourse and other activities of a sexual nature with persons under 16 years of age are illegal under Articles 155 and 156 of the Criminal Code, punishable by deprivation of liberty for up to five years.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill that raises the minimum age of sexual consent from 12 to 16, his office said on Monday, in a bid to protect minors from rape and sexual abuse.
Age of Consent: 18 years Pakistan Penal Code Child Abuse Amendment Act Art. 377A.
Over time, the age of consent has been increased by various laws in India and was 16 from 1940 until 2012, when the Pocso Act raised the age of consent to 18 years, one of the highest ages globally.
Contraceptive services. There is no set minimum age in Ireland at which contraceptive advice and prescriptions may be provided. The age of consent to sexual activity is 17 and it may be a criminal offence to have sex with a person under 17 years of age.
The Age of Consent in South Korea is 20 years old. The age of consent is the minimum age at which an individual is considered legally old enough to consent to participation in sexual activity.
Brazil. In Brazil, the age of consent is 14, regardless of gender or sexual orientation. Although not legally formalized, there is judicial precedent allowing a close-in-age exception for those aged 12–13 to engage in sexual activity with partners who are as much as 5 years older.
The North Korean age of consent is set at 15 regardless of sexuality. There are claims that the age of consent varies, but no official North Korean sources back these claims. Being LGBTQ+ is Illegal in North Korea. Being LGBTQ+ is Illegal in North Korea.
Age of Marriage: 18 for males, 16 for females Civil Code Art. 70 Marriage shall not be considered adequate until the male reaches the age of 18 and the female the age of 16. Art.
Age of Consent: 18 years Vietnam Criminal Code Art. 143, paragraph 4 Any person who employs trickery to make his care-dependent or a person in extreme need to reluctantly engage in sexual intercourse or other sexual activities shall face a penalty of 01 - 05 years' imprisonment. 4.
In Sweden, the age of consent to sexual activity is 15 years of age. The reform was also intended to create clear and well-defined legal sections and to make the language of the sections in the Penal Code more up to date.
Dating and relationships
In general, there are no laws that say when a young person can start dating another person (but there are laws about doing sexual activity with another person, which we explain below!)
The age of consent is the age at which a person is considered legally competent to agree to sexual activity with another person. In Western Australia, the age of consent is 16 years for both males and females.
Abstract. In 1899 the age of sexual consent in some American jurisdictions was 9 years. It has ranged from 7 to 21 years and at present the range is from 11 to 18 years. The age selected seems to be an arbitrary matter, the product of legislative compromise.
The Israeli Penal Code (1977) sets the age of consent for same-sex sexual relations involving any kind of penetration as 16 (the same as the age of consent for opposite-sex sexual relations involving any kind of penetration).
The law is not equal in Bahrain, with the age of consent for same-sex intercourse being 21 years old. In Saudi Arabia, there is no legal age of consent because marriage is legally required before sex under the country's interpretation of sharia law.