Forced marriages: Call for information for the next report of the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking

Submitted by crinadmin on Thu, 27/07/2006 - 12:26

The Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Ms Sigma Huda, will devote her next thematic report to the aspects of the issue of forced marriages that are relevant to her mandate.

She has prepared a questionnaire to gather information on this subject, in English, French and Spanish. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful if responses could reach her no later than 31 October, so that they can be reflected in her next report to the Human Rights Council.

Please send your responses to the questionnare as well as other relevant information to Ms. Rachel Rico-Balzan: rrico@ohchr.org and Geneviève Clottey: gclottey@ohchr.org. Fax: +41 22 9179006.

Further information

Website of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons
Last report of the Special Rapporteur to the Commission on Human Rights (2006)
UNICEF: Early Marriage - extract from State of the World's Children 2006
Child and Woman Abuse Study Unit (CWASU): Basic Statistics on Child Marriage
UNICEF: Early Marriage: A Harmful Traditional Practice (April 2005)
BBC: Indian State’s Marriage Clampdown (May 2006)
AlertNet: Yemen – Early Marriage a Challenge to Development (March 2006)
CRIN’s page on harmful traditional practices
CRIN’s website on violence against children

Issues:

Harmful traditional practices

Violence:

Harmful traditional practices

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