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06/11/2024

Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages, 1962

Full Name: Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages, 1962

Description

Promotes the protection of women and children by establishing minimum age for marriage, requiring free and informed consent for marriage, and ensuring the registration of marriages.

Details

Abbreviation: UN Marriage Convention

Official link: https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XVI-3&chapter=16&clang=_en

International Organisations: United Nations

Geographical region: Global

Binding nature: Binding

Country Party to Year of accession Reservation or Declaration
Afghanistan No
Albania No
Algeria No
Andorra No
Angola No
Antigua and Barbuda Yes 1988 No
Argentina Yes 1970 No
Armenia No
Australia No
Austria Yes 1969 No
Azerbaijan Yes 1996 Yes
Bahamas (the) No
Bahrain No
Bangladesh Yes 1998 No
Barbados Yes 1979 No
Belarus No
Belgium No
Belize No
Benin Yes 1965 No
Bhutan No
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) No
Bosnia and Herzegovina Yes 1993 Yes
Botswana No
Brazil Yes 1970 Yes
Brunei Darussalam No
Bulgaria No
Burkina Faso Yes 1964 No
Burundi No
Cabo Verde No
Cambodia No
Cameroon No
Canada No
Central African Republic (the) No
Chad No
Chile No Yes
China No
Colombia No
Comoros (the) No
Congo (the) No
Cook Islands (the) No
Costa Rica No
Côte d'Ivoire Yes 1995 No
Croatia Yes 1992 Yes
Cuba Yes 1965 No
Cyprus Yes 2002 No
Czechia Yes 1993 No
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the) No
Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) No
Denmark Yes 1964 Yes
Djibouti No
Dominica No
Dominican Republic (the) Yes 1964 Yes
Ecuador No
Egypt No
El Salvador No
Equatorial Guinea No
Eritrea No
Estonia No
Eswatini No
Ethiopia No
Fiji Yes 1971 Yes
Finland Yes 1964 No
France Yes 2010 No
Gabon No
Gambia (the) No
Georgia No
Germany Yes 1969 No
Ghana No
Greece No No
Grenada No
Guatemala Yes 1983 No
Guinea Yes 1978 Yes
Guinea-Bissau No
Guyana No
Haiti No
Holy See (the) No
Honduras No
Hungary Yes 1975 No
Iceland Yes 1977 No
India No
Indonesia No
Iran (Islamic Republic of) No
Iraq No
Ireland No
Israel No Yes
Italy No Yes
Jamaica No
Japan No
Jordan Yes 1992 No
Kazakhstan No
Kenya No
Kiribati No
Kuwait No
Kyrgyzstan Yes 1997 No
Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) No
Latvia No
Lebanon No
Lesotho No
Liberia Yes 2005 No
Libya Yes 2005 No
Liechtenstein No
Lithuania No
Luxembourg No
Madagascar No
Malawi No
Malaysia No
Maldives No
Mali Yes 1964 Yes
Malta No
Marshall Islands (the) No
Mauritania No
Mauritius No
Mexico Yes 1983 Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of) No
Monaco No
Mongolia Yes 1991 Yes
Montenegro Yes 2006 No
Morocco No
Mozambique No
Myanmar No
Namibia No
Nauru No
Nepal No
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Yes 1965 Yes
New Zealand Yes 1964 No
Nicaragua No
Niger (the) Yes 1964 No
Nigeria No
Niue No
North Macedonia Yes 1994 No
Norway Yes 1964 Yes
Oman No
Pakistan No
Palau No
Panama No
Papua New Guinea No
Paraguay No
Peru No
Philippines (the) Yes 1965 Yes
Poland Yes 1965 No
Portugal No
Qatar No
Republic of Korea (the) No
Republic of Moldova (the) No
Romania Yes 1993 No
Russian Federation (the) No
Rwanda Yes 2003 Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis No
Saint Lucia No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Yes 1999 Yes
Samoa Yes 1964 No
San Marino No
Sao Tome and Principe No
Saudi Arabia No
Senegal No
Serbia Yes 2001 Yes
Seychelles No
Sierra Leone No
Singapore No
Slovakia Yes 1993 Yes
Slovenia No
Solomon Islands No
Somalia No
South Africa Yes 1993 Yes
South Sudan No
Spain Yes 1969 Yes
Sri Lanka No No
State of Palestine (the) Yes 2019 Yes
Sudan (the) No
Suriname No
Sweden Yes 1964 Yes
Switzerland No
Syrian Arab Republic (the) No
Tajikistan No
Thailand No
Timor-Leste No
Togo No
Tonga No
Trinidad and Tobago Yes 1969 No
Tunisia Yes 1968 Yes
Türkiye No
Turkmenistan No
Tuvalu No
Uganda No
Ukraine No
United Arab Emirates (the) No
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) Yes 1970 Yes
United Republic of Tanzania (the) No
United States of America (the) No No
Uruguay No
Uzbekistan No
Vanuatu No
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Yes 1983 No
Viet Nam No
Yemen Yes 1987 No
Zambia No
Zimbabwe Yes 1994 Yes