When the coming of age in Russia in comparison with other countries

There is a very large variation in the term of coming of age in different countries. Moreover, in some states the offense of criminal responsibility, the opportunity to marry and get married, dispose of real estate, drive cars, buy alcohol and cigarettes and take part in elections do not coincide with the period of coming of age. When does adulthood come in Russia, and can it be possible in certain cases to reduce the age limit of entry into adulthood?

According to the International Declaration, which regulates the rights of children, a child who is under the age of 18 is considered a child. And adulthood in Russia comes exactly according to this Declaration - full responsibility, as well as efficiency, is reached with the approach of 18 years. That is, on the first day, when a Russian citizen was 18, he can safely vote, apply to court, conclude property contracts, alienate real estate and the like. People who are under the age of 18, speaking official language, are divided into children (who are under 14) and minors (this is between 14 and 18 years old). Passage of a child from a minor age to a minor is indicated by the receipt of a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation. This does not yet make him legally capable, but nevertheless some shifts in this direction in his life are coming.

If minors are treated by the state as real children, in some cases, minors may be granted rights and duties as if they had already entered the age of majority. In Russia, the marriage age, according to the Family Code of the Russian Federation, comes in the same 18. But in the case of a minor girl's pregnancy, the birth of her child or the threat of the life of one of the spouses, local governments can meet and allow such minors to marry at 16 years of age. But this is not the limit: some subjects of the federation can pass laws on reducing the age bracket for marriage: 11 subjects are allowed to marry at 14 years, and in Bashkortostan, Oryol and Novgorod regions, the marriage age is not limited at all. Moreover, marriage already turns minors into fully capable citizens, and divorce (even if it occurred a few weeks after marriage) does not in any way affect the deprivation of their status as adults.

Premature adulthood in Russia can be achieved in a different way, the so-called "way of emancipation." The Civil Code of the Russian Federation (Article 27) provides that if a minor works under an employment contract, contract, or engages in business with the consent of the parents, then he can be declared fully guardian by the guardianship and trusteeship agencies. In this case, the child can enter into transactions and be accountable to the law for their execution. By the way, about the responsibility before the law: from 16 to criminal responsibility in the Russian Federation, and from 14 years for particularly grave crimes (murder, robbery, theft or rape).

If we look at the map of the world, then the threshold of entry into adulthood is sometimes at a very different age. The smallest bar - only 14 years old - is observed on the Faroe Islands, in their wake is Cuba - where such a period comes in 16 years. In most European countries, like ours - in 18 years. But the age of majority in Japan is reached only in 20 years, although the marriage age for the bride can be reduced to 14 years. And quite already the "ceiling", that is, the maximum age observed in the world, when majority comes, in the USA (not in all states), in Guinea, Bahrain, Egypt, Honduras, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Monaco, Madagascar and Singapore . And in these countries the lower bar of the age, when you can marry, is lower than the age of majority: in France 15 for the bride and 18 for the groom, in Italy, respectively, 14 and 16, and in Germany 16 and 21 years. In the US, depending on the state, 14-15 years - for the girl and 18-21 - for the boy.