50. Primary education has not yet been made compulsory. Earlier laws and policies on education (1987) had the objective of introducing compulsory education, step by step, for all school-age children and devising ways and means to provide free education for all citizens. Currently, the New Education Policy of the Transitional Government aims to make basic education accessible to all and guarantees that pre-school and primary education including the first cycle (grade 9-10) of secondary education shall be given free of charge. The above principles are confirmed in the National Social Policy of the TGE, which considers education as a right of all citizens.

84. […] The Labour Proclamation No. 42/1993 and the Civil and Penal Codes of 1960 and 1957 respectively have provisions that are fully compatible with article 32 of the Convention. The Labour Proclamation prohibits the employment of a child under 14 years of age (art. 82 (2)). Children between 14 and 18 years of age are categorized as young workers and the Proclamation provides that this category of children can work under strict conditions, such as working not more than seven hours per day, prohibition of overtime and night work and provision of weekly rest and rest on public holidays. The Proclamation requires MOLSA to legally prescribe lists of dangerous operations that are detrimental to the health of working youth.

38. According to the Civil Code (art. 581 (1)), a man who has not attained the full age of 18 years and a women who has not attained the full age of 15 years may not contract marriage. Hence, for young males the minimum marriageable age is 18 years, while for young females it is 15 years. The marriage is invalid if it is contracted below the above-mentioned ages.

28. For purposes of criminal liability, the Penal Code of 1957 classifies child offenders into three distinct age groups and prescribes distinct measures for their reform and rehabilitation. The first group, called "infants", is totally exonerated from application of the penal law on ground of responsibility. According to article 52 of the Penal Code infants not having attained the age of 9 years are not criminally responsible for their acts and where an offence is committed by an infant appropriate steps may be taken by the family, school or guardianship authority to ensure their proper upbringing. The second group, addressed as "young persons" in the Penal Code, are children between the ages of 9 and 15 inclusive. For them, the Penal Code provides special punishments and measures upon conviction. They are not subject to the ordinary penalties applicable to adults nor shall they be kept in custody with adult offenders (art. 53). The third group is comprised of young persons between the ages of 15 and 18 and is treated under the ordinary provisions of the Penal Code as having the full prima facie liability of persons aged 18 and above (art. 56 (4)). However, the Penal Code provides that mitigation of the penalty is always permitted, the death penalty may never be imposed and, under certain conditions, the measures of the penalty scheme for young offenders be applied in toto (arts. 56 (2), 118 and 182);