ABOUT THE AGE OF SEXUAL CONSENT
The article analyzes the world practice of interpreting the de inition of the “age of sexual consent”, its implementation in the practical and theoretical spheres. The problematic aspects of the improvement and development of criminal and penal egislation in relation to the Republic of Belarus and countries with effective implementation of criminal policy regarding age, socio-cultural and criminological criteria for determining the age of sexual consent are considered. The task to determine the characteristics of the criminal’s personality under Article 168 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (criminal law, criminological features) and to identify the basics of decriminalization of sexual intercourse of a person who has reached the age of 18 years with a person who has not reached the age of 16 years on the basis of the formed complex of its selected signs is formulated. A set of the most acceptable and effective theoretical models for the implementation of the age of sexual consent in criminal legislation has been formed. Based on the results obtained,amendments to the legislation of the Republic of Belarus are proposed with the most optimal and rational proposals based on the latest empirical and statistical information.