Strengthening efforts to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage 2015, para. 2
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Calls upon States, with the participation of relevant stakeholders, including girls, women, religious and community leaders, civil society and human rights groups, men and boys, and youth organizations to develop and implement holistic, comprehensive and coordinated responses, strategies and policies to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage, and to support already married girls, adolescents and women, including through the strengthening of child protection systems, protection mechanisms, such as safe shelters, access to justice and legal remedies and the sharing of best practices across borders in full compliance with international human rights obligations and commitments;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Harmful Practices
Person(s) affected
Boys
Children
Girls
Men
Women
Youth
Year
2015
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Strengthening efforts to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage (2015), A/HRC/RES/29/8, OP 2.