Coming of Age: The Establishment of 18 as the Legal Minimum Age for Marriage

TY - GEN

T1 - Coming of Age

T2 - The Establishment of 18 as the Legal Minimum Age for Marriage

AU - Hartmann, Jacques

AU - Alhasawi, Reem

PY - 2024/2/22

Y1 - 2024/2/22

N2 - Recent reports from the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) highlight a global decline in child marriage. Yet the practice still persists, impacting 640 million girls and women in the last decade. This blog considers how, despite the lack of a clear basis in treaty law, state practice seems to be moving toward a minimum legal age of 18 for marriage.

AB - Recent reports from the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) highlight a global decline in child marriage. Yet the practice still persists, impacting 640 million girls and women in the last decade. This blog considers how, despite the lack of a clear basis in treaty law, state practice seems to be moving toward a minimum legal age of 18 for marriage.

KW - Children's Rights

KW - Gender

UR - https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/coming-of-age-the-establishment-of-18-as-the-legal-minimum-age-for-marriage/

M3 - Article

SN - 2517-6498

JO - University of Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal

JF - University of Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal

ER -