The Discombobulation on the Legality of Child Marriage

2 PAGES (793 WORDS) Law Article/Essay

Introduction

If one child choses to marry another is there anything wrong with it? Let’s reinvigorate our minds to reminisce the traditional social settings of the African People, children were allowed to marry in fulfillment of parental wishes. However today, we are concerned with the existence of certain customs that appear to be repugnant to both State laws and international legal instruments. Whilst we promote the of rights children, the right for them to marry is not provided for under the United Nations Convention on the Right ofthe Child 1959.