Child marriage as a violation of human rights and challenges in its legal regulation

Abstract

The article focuses on the problem of child marriage in today’s world. Child marriage is seen as a violation of basic human rights of children from both developing and developed countries. Present statistics show constant reduction of the cases of child marriages worldwide. Nevertheless, complete eradication of such practice is impossible without further action, which underlines the importance of the consideration of this issue. The main questions addressed in the article are the present statistics of child marriage, its negative consequences for girls, international legal provisions against child marriage, problems with child marriage legal regulation, and their possible solutions.