[Urges States:] (a) 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
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Harmful Practices
Person(s) affected
Children
Girls
Year
2007
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
CSW resolution, Forced marriage of the girl child (2007), OP 1a.