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Minimum age requirements related to rights of the child in the EU

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Year of publication: 
2017
Coverage period: 
01/12/2015 to 30/09/2017
Last updated: 
19/10/2018
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    International treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, European Union (EU) secondary law, and national legislations provide for a number of rights to citizens. Citizens under the age of 18 years are not always entitled to those rights and children are often dependent on the decisions of their parents in order to exercise certain rights.

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      This data maps age requirements for children to acquire rights across the EU. The data identifies eventual inconsistencies, protection gaps and restrictions deriving from different age thresholds. The objective is to assist Member States in addressing these issues and to facilitate the EU in exercising its competence to support and coordinate Member States’ actions related to children and youth.

      Notes: 

      The information has been collected through FRANET, FRA’s multidisciplinary research network, and its reference period was until April 2016. Legislative developments since then have been included whenever relevant or if known. The information was shared in September 2017 with all Member States through the European Commission’s informal group of experts on rights of the child, with the request to check the accuracy of the data or update any updated data if relevant.

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