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The new law set an age of consent of 17 for male oral and anal intercourse, 16 for other male homosexual acts, and 14 for lesbian and heterosexual acts. In 2004, the law was amended to equalise the age of consent at 14 for all sexual acts; the age of consent was raised to 16 in 2010, regardless of gender and sexual orientation. [78]
The age of consent is the age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts and is thus the minimum age of a person with whom another person is legally permitted to engage in sexual activity.
The age of majority is the threshold of legal adulthood as recognized or declared in law. [1] It is the moment when a person ceases to be considered a minor, and assumes legal control over their person, actions, and decisions, thus terminating the control and legal responsibilities of their parents or guardian over them. Most countries set the ...
Definitions and restrictions on pornography vary across jurisdictions. The production, distribution, and possession of pornographic films, photographs, and similar material are activities that are legal in many but not all countries, providing that any specific people featured in the material have consented to being included and are above a certain age.
Portugal, Spain, Denmark and the Swiss cantons initially set the minimum age at ten to twelve years. [8] Age of consent laws were historically difficult to follow and enforce. Legal norms based on age were not, in general, common until the 19th century, because clear proof of exact age and precise date of birth were often unavailable. [8]
(Autonomous city of Spain) Legal since 1979 + UN decl. sign. [68] De facto union since 1998 [75] Legal since 2005 [70] Legal since 2005 [71] Spain responsible for defence Bans all anti-gay discrimination Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender [74] Egypt / Ambiguous. Male de jure legal, but de facto illegal since 2000
Visiting Europe will soon get (slightly) more complicated and expensive for most U.S. travelers as new visa requirements take effect.. According to the official travel site of the European Union ...
Some countries have a minimum legal drinking age of 19 to prevent the flow of alcoholic beverages in high schools, [4] while others like the United States have a minimum legal purchasing age of 21 (18 in P.R. and USVI) in an effort to reduce the amount of drunk driving rates among teenagers and young adults.