Obligations of the State Under CEDAW and Other International Instruments on the Right to Decide If, When and Whom to Marry

Headings: 
Marriage
Authors: 
Chiongson, Rea A.
Corporate Author: 
International Women's Rights Action Watch
Title: 
Obligations of the State Under CEDAW and Other International Instruments on the Right to Decide If, When and Whom to Marry
Document Type: 
Information from Non-Governmental Organizations
Reference: 
[2003]
URL: 
http://www.iwraw-ap.org/aboutus/paper10.htm
Annotation: 
Focussing on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), this paper highlights the general undertakings of states under CEDAW, such as positive and negative obligations and state responsibility. Concluding comments and general recommendations made by the CEDAW Committee are outlined as well, regarding, for example, minimum age requirements and registration of marriages. The author also provides information about other human rights instruments that are applicable to the right to decide if, when and whom to marry. [Descriptors:Marriage - International]

Presented at the National Consultation on Women's Right to Choose If, When and Whom to Marry, March 22-24, 2003, Lucknow, India.