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Through analysis of legal minimum ages across 187 countries, our 2011 report exposes a troubling panorama. Focusing on four key areas - completing compulsory education, entering employment, getting married and being accorded criminal responsibility - and drawing on 18 years of reporting under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), this report reveals that: This report raises questions regarding the cross-section of these issues and their affect on the right to education. The report is attached for convenience, but you may download the report at: http://www.right-to-education.org/node/53, which includes findings, analysis and recommendations for all stakeholders, as well as an annotated version with excerpts from State reports to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Please also join our online forum on how best to achieve this consistency in State compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child at http://www.right-to-education.org/node/1668. Further Information:
pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/At What Age_.pdf