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162. […] Other actions contemplated by the Government, especially in the field of basic education, include raising the compulsory schooling age to the age of 16.
456. The education policy is based on well-established legal and constitutional principles as follows:
- The right of everyone to education (art. 13 of the Constitution);
- The obligation of the State to provide education for every Moroccan child from age 7 to 13 (Royal Decree of November 1963 on Compulsory Education);
- Increasing the period of compulsory education to nine years (Education Reform Decrees of 1985);
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| Minimum age of employment |
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160. […] As pointed out in the initial report, the minimum age for employment is 12 […]
161. The Government has taken the following measures to adapt the legal age to the requirements of the Convention:
(d) The minimum age for employment has been raised to 15, following the ratification by Morocco of ILO Convention No. 138;
615. On the legal level, it is noted that in addition to the laws governing labour relations addressed in the initial report, the legal age for employment of children has been raised in the Labour Code to 15 in line with provisions of ILO Convention No. 138, which was ratified by Morocco on 19 March 1999 and will enter into force on 6 January 2001. It may be pointed out that steps have been already taken to ratify ILO Convention No. 182 to combat the most serious forms of child labour.
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168. Non-discrimination is the rule; any exception to the rule is specified in the law, and is meant to safeguard the best interests of the child. Examples are found in the difference in the mandated minimum age for marriage, which is 15 for females and 18 for males.
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| Minimum age for criminal responsibility |
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160. The Criminal Code defines a minor in terms of three age groups:
(a) A minor under the age of 12, who cannot be criminally liable because of immaturity, as stipulated in article 138 of the Penal Code;
(b) A minor between the ages of 12 and 16, whose liability is limited because of incomplete maturity and who can be subject only to protection or rehabilitation measures, as defined in article 516 of the Criminal Procedure Code, or to mitigated punishment as defined in article 517 therein;
(c) A delinquent person at or above the age of 16: the law allows for the treatment of a suspect between the ages of 16 and 18 as a minor if the judicial body so decides, with proper justification.
161. The Government has taken the following measures to adapt the legal age to the requirements of the Convention:
(a) According to a new draft Penal Code and a new Criminal Procedure Code, the age for legal criminal responsibility will be raised to 18; […]
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