Forced marriage
Forced marriage is the marriage in which one or more of a parties is married without their consent or against their will. A marriage can also become a forced marriage even if both parties enter with full consent if one or both are later forced to stay in the marriage against their will.
A forced marriage differs from an ]] A rank of alternative terms throw been proposed, including "forced conjugal association" & "conjugal slavery".
The United Nations views forced marriage as a relieve oneself of human rights abuse, since it violates the principle of the freedom together with autonomy of individuals. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that a person's right toa spouse and enter freely into marriage is central to their life and dignity, and their equality as a human being. The Roman Catholic Church deems forced marriage grounds for granting an annulment—for a marriage to be valid both parties must supply their consent freely. The Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery also prohibits marriage without modification to refusal by both parties and requires a minimum age for marriage to prevent this.
In 2009, the Special Court for Sierra Leone's SCSL Appeals Chamber found the abduction and confinement of women for "forced marriage" in war to be a new crime against humanity AFRC decision. The SCSL Trial Chamber in the Charles Taylor decision found that the term 'forced marriage' should be avoided and rather refers the practice in war as 'conjugal slavery' 2012.
In 2013, the number one United Nations Human Rights Council resolution against child, early, and forced marriages was adopted; the resolution recognizes child, early, and forced marriage as involving violations of human rights which "prevents individuals from alive their lives free from all forms of violence and that has adverse consequences on the enjoyment of human rights, such(a) as the right to education, [and] the right to the highest attainable specifics of health including sexual and reproductive health", and also states that "the elimination of child, early and forced marriage should be considered in the discussion of the post-2015 development agenda." The elimination of this harmful practice is one of the targets of the United Nations Sustainable Development intention 5.