SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 32
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The South Asia Initiative to End Violence against Children spearheaded a regional action plan to end child marriage and the Kathmandu call for action to end child marriage, to accelerate progress in ending the practice, including through the urgent review of the compatibility of relevant legislation with human rights standards; the establishment of a minimum legal age of marriage of 18; and the harmonization of laws prohibiting child marriage with laws protecting children from violence.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children