Harmful practices (joint General Recommendation with CEDAW) 2014, para. 27
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- Both women and girls find themselves in polygamous unions, with evidence showing that girls are much more likely to be married or betrothed to much older men, increasing the risk of violence and violations of their rights. The coexistence of statutory laws with religious, personal status and traditional customary laws and practices often contributes to the persistence of the practice. In some States parties, however, polygamy is authorized by civil law. Constitutional and other provisions that protect the right to culture and religion have also at times been used to justify laws and practices that allow for polygamous unions.
- Status juridique
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organe
- Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Type de document
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personnes concernées
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Année
- 2014
- Type de paragraphe
- Other
- Reference
- CRC General Comment No. 18, Harmful practices (joint General Comment with CEDAW) (2014), para. 27.
- Paragraph number
- 27
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