The author examines provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, and Registration of Marriages (Marriage Convention) detailing how these instruments address aspects of child marriage and how they fail to effectively ban child marriage. Also addressed is the incidence of child marriage and the social, economic, cultural, religious and political causes of the practice.