Child, Early and Forced Marriage

A/RES/68/148View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 65a Promotion and protection of the rights of children, published in 2014.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 2014–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/62/19

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/62/19	Child, early and forced marriage	3,553	14%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/158	Child, early and forced marriage	7,985	80%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/202	Child, early and forced marriage	6,772	58%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/167	Child, early and forced marriage	5,233	78%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/153	Child, early and forced marriage	4,210	45%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

6 reports · 2016–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/338	Issue of child, early and forced marriage report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/158
2024	A/79/308	Issue of child, early and forced marriage report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/202
2022	A/77/282	Issue of child, early and forced marriage report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/167
2020	A/75/262	Issue of child, early and forced marriage report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/153
2018	A/73/257	Report of the Secretary-General on the issue of child, early and forced marriage	A/RES/71/175

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Child Welfare Early Marriage Forced Marriage Rights of the Child

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

Requests the Secretary-General to submit the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on preventing and eliminating child, early and forced marriage, with a particular focus on challenges, achievements, best practices and implementation gaps, mandated by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 24/23,1 as well as the related summary report on the panel discussion to be held at the twenty-sixth session of the Council, to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of the rights of children”;

Decides to convene during its sixty-eighth session a panel discussion on child, early and forced marriage worldwide, including the elaboration of the post-2015 development agenda, requests the Secretary-General to liaise with States, relevant agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, relevant special procedures mechanisms, civil society, including relevant children and youth organizations, and national human rights institutions with a view to ensuring their input, and also requests the Secretary-General to prepare an informal summary report on the panel discussion;

Also decides to consider the issue of child, early and forced marriage at its sixty-ninth session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of the rights of children”, taking into account the multifaceted and worldwide nature of the issue of child, early and forced marriage.

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