The ages of consent around the world
Bahrain and South Korea have highest minimum ages for consensual sex while Nigeria has lowest

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The age at which a person is deemed legally competent to consent to sexual activity varies widely around the world - and even within Europe.


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Most countries prohibit sex with under-16s or under-18s, but in some places the age of consent is as low as 11, or as high as 20. However, even within counties this can vary widely between males and females and in cases of heterosexual and homosexual sex.

In the UK, the age of consent stands at 16, regardless of gender or sexual orientation. So how does this compare with the rest of the world?

Europe: Spain previously had the lowest age of consent in Europe, but raised it from 13 to 16 in 2013, bringing it in line with the UK, Russia, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland and Belgium. Children as young as 14 are considered able to consent to sex in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy and Portugal. By contrast, the age of consent is much higher in Turkey, at 18.


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The Vatican is the only jurisdiction in Europe not to have equal and gender-neutral age limits. In accordance with canon law all sex outside of marriage is illicit regardless of the age or willingness of those who engage in it, although the age at which a woman can marry is 14 compared to 16 for a man.

The US: Set on a state-by-state basis, the age of consent ranges from 16 to 18. In some states, a close-in-age exemption, commonly known as “Romeo and Juliet laws”, exists to decriminalise consensual sex between two individuals who are both under the age of consent, according to independent website AgeofConsent.net.

Roughly half of all US states allow children under the age of consent to get married with special permission, either from parents or from a court. Children as young as ten were among the almost 250,000 US minors who got married between 2000 and 2010, The Guardian reports. Several states are in the process of introducing legislation to close these loopholes.

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Africa: In most parts of Southern Africa, including Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, people can consent to sex from the age of 16. In Libya and Sudan, the age of consent is not specified, but marriage is legally required before sex is allowed.

Asia and Oceania: Individuals aged below 20 in South Korea are not legally able to consent to sexual activity, and such activity may result in prosecution for statutory rape. At the other end of the spectrum, the Philippines has faced calls to raise its age of consent from 12, with a bill currently passing through parliament to increase it to 16. In Japan the age of consent is low at 13, although some municipalities such as Tokyo prohibit sexual activity under 18 years old in most circumstances. On mainland China the minimum age is 14, rising to 16 in Hong Kong. In all Australian territories, the age of consent is 16, except for in South Australia and Tasmania, where it is 17. In India it is 18, while some strict Muslim countries such as Malaysia outlaw homosexual sex at any age.


Middle East: Like parts of North Africa, most Middle Eastern countries do not have a set age of consent but require that the couple are married. This includes Afghanistan, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Yemen. In many countries where sex outside of marriage is illegal, the minimum age of marriage is lower for women than for men. It is common for courts to grant permission for girls to marry below the legal age. In Iran in 2010, for example, The Telegraph reported that as many as 42,000 children aged between ten and 14 were married, and 716 girls younger than ten had wed. In Jordan, 16-year-olds can consent to sex, while in Iraq they must be 18. By contrast, Bahrain has the highest age of consent in the world, at 21.

South America: In Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador, the age of consent is 14, regardless of gender or sexual orientation. Paraguay, meanwhile, has the age set at 14 for heterosexual relations, but at 16 for homosexual sexual activity, and does not have a close-in-age exemption. In Chile, where the age of consent is 18, it is possible for two individuals both aged 17 or under who willingly engage in intercourse to be prosecuted for statutory rape, although this is rare.
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Take this piece to romance section please. This section is for intelligent discourse..

Many people erroneously think age of consent in Nigeria is 18.

Yes, it's 18 on social media. But in the court, it's 13.

But personally I think no lady below 18 should be deflowered by an adult. That is the true case of defilement.

Most of these female celebrities carrying age consent of sex for head got disvirgined at will before the ages of 14 but na dem go carry am for head like say dem holy pass especially when all these spoilt girls don decide to taste the rod of Moses around the ages of 14 at will Hypocrisy!!
If you decide to attack me for saying the obvious,you are wasting your time.

I like france own

It's 15 as long as the other partner is not more than 3 years older than you. If not it's 18.

In motherland Biafra, it's 20 years!
They should be in schools trying to be like Ngozi Iweala..., Not playing with dikcs like the kardashians...

Spits

I can't allow a piece of paper/law govern me. If you ain't close to 20years as a lady, I gat no emotional/sexual business with you

Siwisheswereesh:
Many people erroneously think age of consent in Nigeria is 18.

Yes, it's 18 on social media. But in the court, it's 13.

But personally I think no lady below 18 should be deflowered by an adult. That is the true case of defilement.

Just try and sleep with a girl that is 11 or 13 years old then you will know that age of consent is 18 years in our court.

thebosstrevor1:


Just try and sleep with a girl that is 11 or 13 years old then you will know that age of consent is 18 years in our court.

Just tell me to give you proofs.

For my area....12years old girls dey collect prick back to back



Very yummy and tight

Siwisheswereesh:
Many people erroneously think age of consent in Nigeria is 18.

Yes, it's 18 on social media. But in the court, it's 13.

But personally I think no lady below 18 should be deflowered by an adult. That is the true case of defilement.

Muhammed people
a scum to the earth

Siwisheswereesh:


Just tell me to give you proofs.

If your proof is about the north then it is not a proof.

Post the law where it says age of consent is 13 years of age.

thebosstrevor1:


If your proof is about the north then it is not a proof.

Post the law where it says age of consent is 13 years of age.

Anytime I do, spam bot bans me

But I will try again

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ngadaAwo:
Muhammed people
a scum to the earth

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Shut up!

In Nigeria, different laws operate between northerners and southerners. While sharia law allows northern Muslims to marry even ten years old girls, the Nigerian civil law says southerners can only marry from the age of 18years.

These lopsided laws have continued to place the north at advantage in terms of population and political dominance! If you know, you know...

thebosstrevor1:


If your proof is about the north then it is not a proof.

Post the law where it says age of consent is 13 years of age.

The law on defilement of under-aged girls in Nigeria is provided in Section 218 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 42, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria. The section provides that “any person who has unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of thirteen years is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for life, with or without whipping”. Any person who attempts to have unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of thirteen years is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years, with or without whipping.

This is just an extract from a very recent Supreme Court judgment on the a rape case.

Jman06:
In Nigeria, different laws operate between northerners and southerners. While sharia law allows northern Muslims to marry even ten years old girls, the Nigerian civil law says southerners can only marry from the age of 18years.

This lopsided laws have continued to place the north at advantage in terms of population and political dominance! If you know, you know...

You can marry under 18 if you have your and her parents' consent.

What lackluster write up

Siwisheswereesh:




This is just an extract from a very recent Supreme Court judgment on the a rape case.

Post a link of the supreme court case but don't make it a link so that the bot won't disable it.

Here is a bill passed by the senate.


Section 7 of the bill,

‎7. (1) A person who commits an act which causes penetration with a child is guilty of an offence called defilement.

(2) A person who commits an offence of defilement with a child aged eleven years or less shall upon conviction be sentenced to imprisonment for life.

(3) A person who commits an offence of defilement with a child between the age of twelve and fifteen years is liable upon conviction to imprisonment for life.

(4) A person who commits an offence of defilement with a child between the age of sixteen and eighteen years is liable upon conviction to imprisonment for life.

thebosstrevor1:


Post a link of the supreme court case but don't make it a link so that the bot won't disable it.

Here is a bill passed by the senate.

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FACT CHECK: Nigeria’s Sexual Offences Bill stipulates 18 years, not 11 years, as age of consent
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Contrary to the belief that the recently passed Sexual Offences Bill encourages the defilement of minors, the legislation actually prescribes a life imprisonment term for anyone who has sex with someone under 18 years, PREMIUM TIMES can report.

The bill, which was among‎ the 46 legislations hurriedly passed by the last National Assembly, stipulates life imprisonment for any individual convicted of raping or having sexual intercourse with a minor, among others.

It sparked outrage after earlier reports that it had set 11 years as the age of consent for sexual intercourse.

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, criticised the bill saying it empowerered the “clique of paedophiles.”

‎”All you need do is ‘marry’ even a six year old under any local laws, and do whatever you want with her. Through marriage, she is already an ‘adult.’ Her ‘defiler’ is now fully protected by this law. She is not,” he said at the time.

Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer, also described the bill as “obnoxious” and threatened to go to court if the bill is signed into law.

According to Mr. Falana, when the bill was unanimously passed for a second reading by the Senate on November 21, ‎2013, it sought a penalty of life imprisonment for the offence of defilement of children less than 18 years.

“It was that Committee (Committee on Judiciary and Legal Matters) that illegally removed the age of 18 years and replaced it with 11 years,” said Mr. Falana.

In her response to the public outrage,‎ Chris Anyanwu, who sponsored the bill, accused its critics of hate-mongering and taking advantage of the negative public feelings built up against the legislature.

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“I suspect that some of those fighting against the bill are fixating on the short title,” said Mrs. Anyanwu, a former member of the Senate.

“Its long title shows what it is: a sexual offences prevention bill; a tough deterrence to crime.”

The bill is known as “An Act to Make Provision About Sexual Offences, Their Definition, Prevention And the Protection Of All Persons From Harm, Unlawful Sexual Acts, And For Purposes Connected Therewith”.

Section 7 of the bill,

‎7. (1) A person who commits an act which causes penetration with a child is guilty of an offence called defilement.

(2) A person who commits an offence of defilement with a child aged eleven years or less shall upon conviction be sentenced to imprisonment for life.

(3) A person who commits an offence of defilement with a child between the age of twelve and fifteen years is liable upon conviction to imprisonment for life.

(4) A person who commits an offence of defilement with a child between the age of sixteen and eighteen years is liable upon conviction to imprisonment for life.

Here is the link to the supreme court judgement

www dot pressreader dot com/nigeria/thisday/20150804/282080570550839

Also, from your bolded portions, you will observe that only section (1) is affirmative and it is different from the remaining 3.

And the bill has not been signed into law. It is not yet an act!

Siwisheswereesh:


Here is the link to the supreme court judgement

www dot pressreader dot com/nigeria/thisday/20150804/282080570550839

Also, from your bolded portions, you will observe that only section (1) is affirmative and it is different from the remaining 3.

And the bill has not been signed into law. It is not yet an act!

Each state has their own law. Lagos state has its own penal and criminal code against rape. Dekta state has its own.

The rape event happened in 2010, court case began in 2013, and delta high court judgement was in 2015 , they sentenced the man to 6-7years imprisonment and 6 canning. An appeal was written to shift the case to the supreme court, the supreme court uphold the sentencing.

The case happened in delta state, the court prosecuted the rapist, using a criminal code of the Defunct bendel state

Section 218 of the Criminal Code, Cap 48 Vol.II Law of the Defunct Bendel State, 1976 under which the appellant was charged states:

"218. Any person who has unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of eleven years is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for life, with or without caning.

Any person who attempts to have unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of eleven years is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years, with or without caning.


The person was tried with this law and the law ceased to exist in 2010.

thebosstrevor1:


Each state has their own law. Lagos state has its own penal and criminal code against rape. Dekta state has its own.

The rape event happened in 2010, court case began in 2013, and delta high court judgement was in 2015 , they sentenced the man to 6-7years imprisonment and 6 canning. An appeal was written to shift the case to the supreme court, the supreme court uphold the sentencing.

The case happened in delta state, the court prosecuted the rapist, using a criminal code of the Defunct bendel state

Section 218 of the Criminal Code, Cap 48 Vol.II Law of the Defunct Bendel State, 1976 under which the appellant was charged states:

"218. Any person who has unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of eleven years is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for life, with or without caning.

Any person who attempts to have unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of eleven years is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years, with or without caning.


The person was tried with this law and the law ceased to exist in 2010.

The law still exists - The law on defilement of under-aged girls in Nigeria is provided in Section 218 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 42, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.

Also, state laws don't supersede federal laws.

As regards the case in question, the man was guilty because the girl was below 13.

Below is another case:

Justice Jane Inyang, sentenced Yunusa to five years in prison for count 2, seven years in prison for count 3,4 and 5 respectively, noting that the prison terms are to be served consecutively.

Now let's examine the charges:

The charges against Yunusa read: “That you, Yunusa Dahiru, a male, resident in Opolo-Eipie area of Yenagoa in Bayelsa State, conspired with the duo of Dankano Mohammed and Mallam Alhassan, between August 2015 and February 2016, to commit an offence of abduction and thereby committed offence punishable under section 27(a) of the Trafficking in Persons (prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.”


Count two: “That you, Yunusa Dahiru, abducted Ese Oruru by means of coercion, transported and harboured her in Kano State and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 13(2)(b) of the Trafficking in Persons (prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.”

Count three: “That you, Yunusa Dahiru induced Ese Oruru by the use of deception and coercion to go [/b]with you from Yenagoa to Kano State with the intent that she be forced or seduced into illicit intercourse and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 15(a) of the Trafficking in Persons (prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.”

[b]Count four: “That you, Yunusa Dahiru, procured Ese Oruru and subjected her to sexual exploitation in Kano State and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 16(1) of the Trafficking in Persons (prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.”

Count five: “That you, Yinusa Dahiru, had unlawful carnal knowledge of Ese Oruru without her consent and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 357 of the criminal code Act and punishable under section 358 of the Criminal code ACT, Cap. C.38 laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.”

Take note of count five. There was no consent!

Siwisheswereesh:


The law still exists - The law on defilement of under-aged girls in Nigeria is provided in Section 218 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 42, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.

Also, state laws don't supersede federal laws.

As regards the case in question, the man was guilty because the girl was below 13.

Below is another case:

Justice Jane Inyang, sentenced Yunusa to five years in prison for count 2, seven years in prison for count 3,4 and 5 respectively, noting that the prison terms are to be served consecutively.



Take note of count five. There was no consent!

The law you quoted does not exist as a federal law and stopped existing in 2010.

Section 218 of the Criminal Code, Cap 48 Vol. II Law of the Defunct Bendel State, 1976 is a law of old bendel state which stopped existing in 2010.

You copied what you wrote from a newspaper that journalists wrote.

This is the link of the case.

https://nigerialii.org/ng/judgment/supreme-court/2015/2

The age of consent should be based on the girl herself. We can see some underage girls having sex much younger, without having no qualms about it. We only need to give our children proper sex education.

Age of sex should be girls 18 and boys 20