minimum age

minimum age

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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979) : minimum age [Keywords]

any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men and women, of human rights and fundamental freedoms

Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery (1956) : minimum age [Keywords]

the complete abolition of debt bondage, serfdom, forced marriage, women and children transfer without right to refuse

Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages (1962) : minimum age [Keywords]

no marriage shall be legally entered into without the full and free consent

Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) : minimum age [Keywords]

a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child, maturity is attained earlier

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (2000) : minimum age [Keywords]

ensure that members of armed forces who have not attained the age of 18 years do not take a direct part in hostilities.

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) : minimum age [Keywords]

every refugee has duties to the country in which he finds himself; a contracting state shall accord to refugees the same treatment as is accorded to aliens generally

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1990) : minimum age [Keywords]

all migrant workers and members of their families without distinction of any kind such as sex, race, colour, language, religion or conviction, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, nationality, age, economic position, property, marital status, birth or other status