Amendment No. 5 | Doc. 14574 | 28 June 2018

Forced marriage in Europe

Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

Origin - 2018 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 7.8, insert the following paragraph:

"refrain from recognising forced marriages contracted abroad except where recognition would be in the victims’ best interests with regard to the effects of the marriage, particularly for the purpose of securing rights which they could not otherwise claim;"