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Society
Somalia lowers age of majority, defying U.N. convention on rights of child
31.03.2024, 14:59
Somalia’s parliament made several amendments to its interim constitution on Saturday, including lowering the age of majority from 18 to 15.
Until now, the law in Somalia considered a person under the age of 18 to be a child. The amended constitution states that the term child “refers to a person under the age of 15.”
By adopting the amendments, Somalia violated its obligations to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which defines a child as a person under the age of 18. A day before the vote, Human Rights Watch’s deputy Africa director Laetitia Bader warned that the amendments seek to weaken constitutional protections for children, especially girls, putting them at greater risk of marriage and depriving them of protection from various forms of abuse.
Bader called on Somalia’s donors to dissuade lawmakers from passing the amendments by all means. Since 2014. The European Union and its member states have donated more than EUR 3.5 billion to Somalia.
Society
Somalia lowers age of majority, defying U.N. convention on rights of child
31.03.2024, 14:59
Somalia’s parliament made several amendments to its interim constitution on Saturday, including lowering the age of majority from 18 to 15.
Until now, the law in Somalia considered a person under the age of 18 to be a child. The amended constitution states that the term child “refers to a person under the age of 15.”
By adopting the amendments, Somalia violated its obligations to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which defines a child as a person under the age of 18. A day before the vote, Human Rights Watch’s deputy Africa director Laetitia Bader warned that the amendments seek to weaken constitutional protections for children, especially girls, putting them at greater risk of marriage and depriving them of protection from various forms of abuse.
Bader called on Somalia’s donors to dissuade lawmakers from passing the amendments by all means. Since 2014. The European Union and its member states have donated more than EUR 3.5 billion to Somalia.