Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula 2010, para. 6
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Urges States to enact and strictly enforce laws to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses and, in addition, to enact and strictly enforce laws concerning the minimum legal age of consent and the minimum age for marriage, and to raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Harmful Practices
Health
Person(s) affected
All
N.A.
Year
2010
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula (2010), A/RES/65/188, OP 6.