103. The right to education is defined in article 51 of the Constitution: "Everybody has a right to education. This right is guaranteed by the extensive and free system of schools, part-time boarding schools, boarding schools and scholarships in all types and at all levels of education, by the free provision of school materials to every child and young person regardless of the economic situation of the family, and by the provision of courses suited to the student's aptitudes, the requirements of society and the needs of economic and social development."

31. The labour legislation sets the minimum working age at 17 years […]

154. In accordance with the international regulations to which Cuba subscribes, the Labour Code establishes 17 years as the age at which young people acquire the capacity to conclude work contracts (in exceptional cases children aged 15 and 16 may do so). The Code has a specific chapter on child labour which establishes the requirement of a medical examination before recruitment and the right of young people to initial preparation or training for the job, as well as the requirement that they must be placed in jobs suited to their physical and mental development, with prohibitions on specific activities such as work as stevedores and work underground or high above ground, at night, in mining, or in places where harmful, reactive or toxic substances are used, or in any type of work in which they are responsible for their own safety or the safety of others.

30. Cuba's criminal legislation stipulates that only persons aged over 16 years may be prosecuted and it provides different treatment for offenders aged between 18 and 20 years. […]