Editing Age of consent (section)

===Extraterritoriality===
{{see also|Child sex tourism#Extraterritorial jurisdiction}}
A growing number of countries have specific [[Extraterritorial jurisdiction|extraterritorial legislation]] that prosecutes their citizens in their homeland should they engage in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign country with children. In 2008, [[ECPAT]] reported that 44 countries had extraterritorial child sex legislation.<ref>{{cite web|title=What is Child Sex Tourism? – ECPAT International|url=http://www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/cst_faq_eng.pdf|page=35|publisher=[[ECPAT]]|access-date=12 January 2017|archive-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113120720/http://www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/cst_faq_eng.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> For example, [[PROTECT Act of 2003]], a federal United States law bans sexual activity by its citizens with foreigners or with U.S. citizens from another state, if the partner is under 18 and the activity is illegal under the federal, state, or local law. This applies in cases where any of the partners travels into or out of the United States, or from one state into another, for the purpose of an illegal sexual encounter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2423|title=18 U.S. Code § 2423—Transportation of minors|publisher=Legal Information Institute|access-date=29 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="SOLR">{{cite web|url=http://www.solresearch.org/~SOLR/rprt/USnatlAoC.asp |title=Research on sex offender laws and their effects on people and society |year=2009 |publisher=SOL Research.org |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref>