age of consent

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The age of consent in the UAE is 18.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2025

This was the year Japan passed landmark laws to redefine rape from "forcible sexual intercourse" to "non-consensual sexual intercourse" and raised the age of consent from 13 to 16.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

States like California and Colorado have recently lowered the age of consent for treatment to 12.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

Washington’s age of consent for gender-affirming surgery without approval from a parent or guardian is 18.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023

To be able to contract marriage, a person must be of sound mind, of legal age of consent, and labouring under neither of the following disabilities: 1.

From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe