Servile marriage 2012, para. 25

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This provision is reiterated in article 16 (2) of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and in the 1962 Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages. Article 2 of the latter states that States parties are to specify a minimum age for marriage, which is given as not less than 15 years in the non-binding recommendation accompanying the Convention. It further states that no marriage is to be legally entered into by any person under that age, except where a competent authority has granted a dispensation as to age, for serious reasons, in the interests of the intending spouses.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Year
2012
Paragraph type
Other
Paragraph number
25