CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ON CHILD, EARLY & FORCED MARRIAGE
Deadline:
15 December 2013
Pursuant
to HRC resolution A/HRC/RES/24/23 on
child, early and forced marriage, OHCHR will be submitting a report on this
subject to the Human Rights Council at its 26th Session in June 2014.
Accordingly,
please find this letter to civil society organizations
and networks, national human rights institutions (NHRIs), scholars,
research institutions and policy think tanks, community movements, children
and youth organizations and networks, requesting any relevant information
for the preparation of this report.
In
particular, views and information would be welcome on:
a)
How States are implementing their obligations under international human
rights conventions and international human rights treaties on child, early
and forced marriage at the national level;
b)
Steps taken to prohibit child, early and forced marriage as well as
examples of positive experience and challenges encountered at the national
level in adopting polices, measures and implementing strategies to address
this issue;
c)
Policies, projects and measures undertaken at national and sub-national
levels, including by United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, civil
society and other relevant stakeholders to promote the elimination of
child, early and forced marriage specifically including action taken to address
the issue in practicing communities, and to address or mitigate its impact,
making specific reference to the outcomes of such policies, projects and
measures;
d)
Surveys, assessments and studies carried out at national and sub-national
level on the prevalence of child, early and forced marriage and/or its
impact on the human rights of women and girls and other affected groups;
e)
Recommendations on or examples of good practices regarding possible
appropriate measures and strategies to prevent and eliminate child, early
and forced marriage.
Please
send your submission to the Women Human Rights and Gender Section of OHCHR
by e-mail (akufuor-owusu@ohchr.org / vbirga@ohchr.org)
or fax (+41 22 917 9008) by 15 December 2013.
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