Belgium reduced the age of consent from 16 to 14 years

It was announced that the amendment was made in order to make the law consistent with the facts of the day without hurting young people.

In Belgium, the legal limit at the beginning of the 1900s was 16 years old.
For this reason, voluntary sex from the age of 14 years have been removed from the scope of punishment.

According to the new regulation, the age difference between a person aged 14 and the person who has sex will not be greater than 5 years.

For example, a person aged 14 to 15 can not be accompanied by a person between the ages of 30 and 40 years old.

The amendment to the law was based on the recommendation of the Flemish Sexual Health Center Sensoa & # 39; ın.

Frans said: "A 15-year-old is sometimes able to associate voluntarily with someone from the age of 5, which is a fact."

Official Sensoa, Erika Frans explained to Flemish Television (VRT)

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