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Human Rights Council adopts resolution to end child, early and forced marriage‏


Alwihda Info | Par girlsnotbrides - 3 Juillet 2015


Girls Not Brides welcomes the adoption of this historic resolution which recognises child marriage as a violation of human rights and calls for a holistic, comprehensive and coordinated response to end child marriage.


On Thursday 2 July, the United Nations Human Rights Council unanimously adopted a resolution co-sponsored by over 85 States to strengthen efforts to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage, a practice that affects 15 million girls every year. The resolution is the first-ever substantive resolution on child marriage adopted by the Council.

It recognises child marriage as a violation of human rights “that prevents individuals from living their lives free from all forms of violence” and that has “wide ranging and adverse consequences on the enjoyment of human rights, such as the right to education, the right to the highest attainable standard of health, including sexual and reproductive health”. The resolution also recognises child marriage as a “barrier to sustainable development” that “helps to perpetuate the cycle of poverty”.

“This resolution is key to ensuring that we speed up progress towards ending child marriage. Civil society organisations now have a powerful tool to help them hold their governments to account on the commitments they have made to end child marriage and protect girls’ rights. If we do not act to reduce child marriage, 1.2 billion girls will marry as children by 2050.” said Lakshmi Sundaram, Executive Director of Girls Not Brides.

Supported by a cross-regional group that includes many countries with high rates of child marriage, the resolution demonstrates global support for ending child marriage and making it a human rights and development priority in the post-2015 development framework.

“The Human Rights Council resolution demonstrates what can be achieved when countries from around the world work together. We now need civil society organisations to champion this resolution and encourage their governments to take concrete actions to end child marriage. By doing so we will be one step closer to breaking the cycle of poverty and unleashing the potential of girls worldwide.” said Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, African Union Goodwill Ambassador for the Campaign to End Child Marriage and General Secretary of World YWCA.

This resolution comes at a timely moment, just a few months before States adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, an ambitious framework that could transform the world by 2030. The proposed framework includes target 5.3, “Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilations”, under goal 5, “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”.

“The resolution recognises the need for national action plans on child marriage, and encourages States to work with civil society to develop and implement a holistic, comprehensive and coordinated response to address child marriage and support married girls. This will be critical to the successful implementation of the SDGs and target 5.3,” said Sundaram.



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