Article 23 (2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provides for the right of men and women of a marriageable age to marry and to found a family. Article 23 (3) provides that no marriage is to be entered into without the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences