Features the norms of foreign criminal legislation on the protection of children

The article examines the norms governing responsibility for the commission of criminal acts that infringe on minors, their rights and interests. The age limits of children, fixed in international and national legislation, are reflected. The classification of the features of criminal law models of the foreign legal framework for the protection of minors has been carried out. The specificity of the codification of the analyzed criminal law norms is considered. The features of the considered elements of crimes provided for by the criminal law norms of Bulgaria, Germany, Denmark, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iceland, the Republic of Yemen, the Netherlands, the USA, Finland, France, Switzerland, and the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States are studied. An assessment of the specifics of the types of criminal penalties enshrined in the legislation of foreign states is given.