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FamilyAtlas

Marriage, children, separation — what does the law say?

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Family law with the statistics on child marriage, birth registration and violence in the home.

Rights

2 records
Rights Best interests of the child In all actions concerning children, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration. CRC art. 3 Pending review Rights Protection of the family; right to marry Marriage only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses; equality of spouses during marriage and at its dissolution. ICCPR art. 23 Pending review

Treaties

6 records
Treaties Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption Safeguards for intercountry adoption. Treaties Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Prompt return of children wrongfully removed across borders. Treaties Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Equality between women and men in public and private life, including marriage and family relations. Treaties Convention on the Rights of the Child Best interests of the child, protection from violence and exploitation, the right to be heard. Treaties Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence Prevention, protection and prosecution of violence against women. Treaties Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa Women's rights in Africa, including against harmful practices.

Statistics

LawStats Women & Gender-Based Violence 2 of 10 indicators have data LawStats Children & Family 4 of 10 indicators have data

Recent events

  1. Maputo Protocol entered into force African Union ↗
  2. Hague Adoption Convention entered into force Hague Conference on Private International Law ↗
  3. CRC entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  4. Hague Child Abduction Convention entered into force Hague Conference on Private International Law ↗
  5. CEDAW entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗

Areas of law

Domestic Violence Family Law Marriage Child Custody Find a lawyer: Domestic Violence Find a lawyer: Family Law Find a lawyer: Marriage Find a lawyer: Child Custody

What we do not have yet

  • No legislation in the corpus is tagged with this domain's concepts yet.
  • No court decisions in the corpus are tagged with this domain's concepts yet.
  • Nothing of this domain's own kind (procedures) is loaded yet.

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Sources UNICEF and WHO via World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0)