“mtoto hakubaliwi ku kubali” literally meaning that a child is not allowed to accept to have sex even if it is consensual. Many want the age of consent lowered; others want it raised. This ...

An attorney tested the gray areas between the age of consent and sexually explicit videos of teenagers at the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday. (CN) – In oral arguments before the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday, ...

Japan has passed laws that redefine rape and raise the age of consent in a landmark overhaul of sex crime laws. The definition of rape was broadened to "non-consensual sexual intercourse" from ...

Iraq is poised to slash the legal age of consent from 18 to to nine, allowing men to marry young children. The proposed legal ...

Currently, Japan has the lowest age of consent in developed countries ... being caught off guard and psychological control into the definition. Justice Ministry official Yusuke Asanuma said ...

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. "There are no federal laws against it ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KFOR)– A Senate bill that would increase the age of consent from 16 to 18 is now advancing to the House after receiving a unanimous vote for. Senator Warren Hamilton (R ...

“It is important to raise the age of consent in order to protect minors ... do not call for teaching about sexual intercourse, meaning students may not be fully informed about what constitutes ...

Another proposal being floated, including by Josh MacAlister in his Private Members' Bill, is to increase the so-called ‘digital age of consent’ to 16. We don’t believe this is the best ...

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Japan's parliament on Friday raised the age of sexual consent to 16 from 13, a limit which had remained unchanged for more than a century and was among the world's lowest, amid calls for greater ...