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| Region | Portugal |
| Issue | Equal age of consent |
| Status | Equal |
| Start Date | May 10, 2005 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In 2005, the Portuguese Constitutional Tribunal ruled that the inequal age of consent used in Portugal was unconstitutional and therefore could not be enforced as it violated the constitution's right to equality as provided by Articles 13 and 26. |
| Sources | https://www.tribunalconstitucional.pt/tc/en/acordaos/20050247s.html https://www.portugalresident.com/law-to-punish-sex-before-18/ (mentioned at the very bottom) https://www.tribunalconstitucional.pt/tc/content/files/relatorios/relatorio_004_confwashington.pdf - top of page 8 (source goes through the legal effects of a ruling of this kind by the CT) |
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| Start Date | 2007 | May 10, 2005 |
| Description | The age of consent in Portugal is 14 years of age for both homosexual and heterosexual sex. | In 2005, the Portuguese Constitutional Tribunal ruled that the inequal age of consent used in Portugal was unconstitutional and therefore could not be enforced as it violated the constitution's right to equality as provided by Articles 13 and 26. |
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| Sources | http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/what-age-consent-around-world-2802173 | https://www.tribunalconstitucional.pt/tc/en/acordaos/20050247s.html https://www.portugalresident.com/law-to-punish-sex-before-18/ (mentioned at the very bottom) https://www.tribunalconstitucional.pt/tc/content/files/relatorios/relatorio_004_confwashington.pdf - top of page 8 (source goes through the legal effects of a ruling of this kind by the CT) |
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| Description | The age of consent in portal is 14 years of age for both homosexual and heterosexual sex. | The age of consent in Portugal is 14 years of age for both homosexual and heterosexual sex. |
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| Description | Equal at 14 years of age. | The age of consent in portal is 14 years of age for both homosexual and heterosexual sex. |
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- Status is not correct "The age of consent in Portugal is 16 years old, not 14. "
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Equal |
| Start Date | 2007 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Equal at 14 years of age. |
| Sources | http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/what-age-consent-around-world-2802173 |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "the age is not equal"