Eliminating discrimination against women in cultural and family life, with a focus on the family as a cultural space 2015, para. 27

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  • Rapport des procédures spéciales
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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has recommended the prohibition and annulment of these marriages, which violate the dignity of women, and calls for safeguards and guarantees to protect the rights of women and girls living in such families. Invalidating an early marriage protects the minor spouses by restoring their single status so that they are deemed never to have been married, rather than divorced, and by cancelling all financial or property transactions linked to the marriage.

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  • Droit souple non-négocié
Document body
  • Procédures Spéciales: Groupe de travail sur la discrimination à l’égard des femmes et des filles
Document means of adoption
  • S/O
Thèmes
  • Égalité & Inclusion
Personnes concernées
  • Femmes
  • Filles
Document year
  • 2015
Type de paragraphe
Autre
Reference
WG Discrimination Against Women, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/40, para. 27.
Paragraph number
27