I do but I don’t : the effectiveness of the Forced Marriage (civil protection) Act 2007 and other legislation against forced marriage at preventing child marriage in the UK

dc.contributor.advisor Krishan, Manu
dc.contributor.author Stokes, Katya
dc.date.accessioned 2021-10-06T09:48:44Z
dc.date.available 2021-10-06T09:48:44Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.description Second semester University: University of Vienna en_US
dc.description.abstract This thesis assesses the effectiveness of the current system against forced marriage at protecting against child marriage in the UK. It considers the work of the Forced Marriage Unit, both inside and outside the UK, in preventing forced marriage and supporting victims. It then goes on to examine how the system could be improved, both within the current framework, and through more wide-reaching change. This was done in order to investigate the gaps between the legislation and the actual protection of children from marriage, as there is no law specifically on child marriage in the UK, leaving the possibility of children being married, both in forced and non-forced ceremonies, though only one of these is warded against. The thesis will consider legislation from 2007 onwards, as well as very recent developments from up to July 2021. This will be done through analysing relevant legislation, both on the minimum age of marriage and on forced marriage, assessing those and relevant developments against international standards, via qualitative research methods, in order to discern how well this legislation guards against the specific issue of child marriage. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11825/2414
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.25330/1304
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Global Campus Europe (EMA) theses 2020/2021;
dc.subject forced marriage en_US
dc.subject United Kingdom en_US
dc.subject law en_US
dc.subject children en_US
dc.subject Convention on the Rights of the Child en_US
dc.title I do but I don’t : the effectiveness of the Forced Marriage (civil protection) Act 2007 and other legislation against forced marriage at preventing child marriage in the UK en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
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