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The law considers forced marriage a form of sexual violence and outlaw it, with offenders can be sentenced to a maximum imprisonment of 9 years and/or face a maximum fine of Rp200 million. Included as forms of forced marriage are child marriage, forcing rape victims to marry the rapists, and forcing people to marry in the name of local customs.
The centrepiece of the Act is the forced marriage protection order (FMPO). [3] A person threatened with forced marriage can apply to court for a forced marriage order can contain whatever provisions which the court finds would be appropriate to prevent the forced marriage from taking place, or to protect a victim of forced marriage from its effects, and may include such measures as ...
Forced marriage and child marriage are prevalent in many parts of the world, especially in parts of Asia and Africa. A forced marriage is a marriage where one or both participants are married without their freely given consent; [178] while a child marriage is a marriage where one or both parties are younger than 18. [179]
Offence of forced marriage Modern Slavery Act 2015, [29] ss.1, 2+4: Slavery or compulsory labour, or human trafficking Domestic Violence, Crime & Victims Act 2004, [30] s.1: Breach of non-molestation order Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, [31] s.5A: Breach of a Female Genital Mutilation protection order Family Law Act 1996, [32] s.42A
Rape is illegal and subject to strict penalties, including death, but it remained a problem. The law considers sex within marriage consensual by definition (Penal Code art. 221) [law 60] and, therefore, does not address spousal rape, including in cases of forced marriage. [206] Iraq: No
A forced marriage is the opposite. There is no complete and free consent.” (Kassis, 2023). [28] Ultimately, the critical distinction between forced and arranged marriages lies in the presence or absence of consent. Forced marriage represents a violation of individual autonomy and human rights, characterized by coercion and lack of consent.
Marriage is available in England and Wales to both opposite-sex and same-sex couples and is legally recognised in the forms of both civil and religious marriage. Marriage laws have historically evolved separately from marriage laws in other jurisdictions in the United Kingdom. There is a distinction between religious marriages, conducted by an ...
Illegal immigrants in the UK include those who have: entered the UK without authority; entered with false documents; overstayed their visas; worked or studied on a tourist visa/ non-immigrant visa waiver; entered into forced or fraudulent marriage [12] [13] [14] had their marriages terminated or annulled