Minimum Age The legal minimum age for employment is 15 years of age (Section 44).

21. The minimum age for recruitment should be set at 18 years unless national legislation stipulates a lower age.

It is also concerned that the minimum age of marriage for girls, fixed by law at 17, may be reduced by the religious courts, and that no minimum age is fixed for men.

Under article 3 of Act No. 2000 08, a quota is an affirmative action measure designed to enable all citizens without any distinction

Gabon had ratified the International Labour Organization (ILO) Minimum Age Convention No. 138, which set the minimum age for employment at 14, but its own legislation improved upon that by making 16 the minimum age.

There are no statutes establishing a minimum age for consent to sexual relations.

Minimum age

It also regrets that a number of legal provisions contrary to the Convention are still in force, including in the areas of administration of juvenile justice, minimum age of access to employment and minimum age for marriage.

It also regrets that a number of legal provisions contrary to the Convention are still in force, including in the areas of administration of juvenile justice, minimum age of access to employment and minimum age for marriage.

In particular, the Committee is concerned at the absence of legislation regulating child labour providing for a minimum age for employment, the absence of a clear definition of the minimum age for criminal responsibility, the low minimum age for sexual consent, the lack of harmonization between the different ages of sexual consent among the four States, and the lack of legislation on neglect, abuse and sexual exploitation.

The minimum age for admission to employment shall not be lower than that fixed for termination of compulsory schooling and in any case no lower than 15 years or 14 as a transitional stage for underdeveloped countries.

(a) A lower minimum age

8. Urges States to enact and enforce strictly laws to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses, to enact and enforce strictly laws concerning the minimum legal age of consent and the minimum age for marriage and to raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary

8. Urges States to enact and enforce strictly laws to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses, to enact and enforce strictly laws concerning the minimum legal age of consent and the minimum age for marriage and to raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary

6. Urges States to enact and strictly enforce laws to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses, to enact and strictly enforce laws concerning the minimum legal age of consent and the minimum age for marriage and to raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary

6. Urges States to enact and strictly enforce laws to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses, to enact and strictly enforce laws concerning the minimum legal age of consent and the minimum age for marriage and to raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary

6. Urges States to enact and strictly enforce laws to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses and, in addition, to enact and strictly enforce laws concerning the minimum legal age of consent and the minimum age for marriage, and to raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary

7. Urges States to enact and strictly enforce laws to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses, to enact and strictly enforce laws concerning the minimum legal age of consent and the minimum age for marriage and to raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary

(a) The Law of Marriage Act discriminates against women with regard to the minimum age for marriage

MINIMUM AGE FOR CONTRACTING MARRIAGE

There is no minimum age for retirement but the age for optional retirement remains 55 years.

Currently, the minimum age was 21 for voting, 18 and 16 for marriage, and 16 for criminal responsibility.

6. Urges States to enact and strictly enforce laws to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses, to enact and strictly enforce laws concerning the minimum legal age of consent and the minimum age for marriage and to raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary

6. Urges States to enact and strictly enforce laws to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses, to enact and strictly enforce laws concerning the minimum legal age of consent and the minimum age for marriage and to raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary

Urges States to enact and strictly enforce laws to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses, to enact and strictly enforce laws concerning the minimum legal age of consent and the minimum age for marriage and to raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary

(a) Recruitment into armed forces or groups of children below the legal minimum age for recruitment should be defined as a war crime

But Law determines the minimum ages for marriage. So, the girl may get married at age 14, whereas boys get married with 16 years.

45. The Committee is concerned about the failure to provide for a minimum age for sexual consent and the absence of harmonization between the age for the completion of compulsory schooling and the minimum age for employment.

689. The Committee is concerned about the failure to provide for a minimum age for sexual consent and the absence of harmonization between the age for the completion of compulsory schooling and the minimum age for employment.

In this spirit, the Committee recommends that the State party define in its legislation a minimum age below which children may not be deprived of their liberty.

In this spirit, the Committee recommends that the State party define in its legislation a minimum age below which children may not be deprived of their liberty.

(g) A minimum age under which the child may not be tried shall be determined.

The Committee is also concerned at the low minimum age of access to employment, set at 12.

Under international law, however, the minimum age for military service was 15.

The early marriageable age, the minimum age for employment and the age of criminal responsibility are matters of concern.

Regardless of age, it pays 80 per cent of the contribution payable on a minimum legal wage.

Minimum age for marriage and compilation of a marriage act at the vital statistics office upon contraction of the marriage are regulated.

The Committee also notes with concern that the minimum age for employment in Uruguayan law is lower than the minimum age provided for in applicable international conventions, although Uruguay has ratified ILO Convention No. 138.

The Committee also notes with concern that the minimum age for employment in Uruguayan law is lower than the minimum age provided for in applicable international conventions, although Uruguay has ratified International Labour Organization Convention No. 138.

4. Urges States to enact and strictly enforce laws to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses, to enact and strictly enforce laws concerning the minimum legal age of consent and the minimum age for marriage and to raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary

The law on marriage and the family specifies a minimum age for marriage registration_18, both for women and men.

The Philippine Labour Code provides that 15 years shall be the minimum age for admission to non hazardous work.

It also regrets that a number of legal provisions contrary to the Convention are still in force, including in the areas of administration of juvenile justice, minimum age of access to employment and minimum age for marriage.

It also regrets that a number of legal provisions contrary to the Convention are still in force, including in the areas of administration of juvenile justice, minimum age of access to employment and minimum age for marriage.

The minimum age for marriage in the case of a male is prescribed as 18 years and for a female as 16 years.