University:
University College London
Course:
LAWS0024 | Family Law
Academic year:

2024
Views:

222

Pages:

2
Author:

Nam B.

Child Marriage as a Choice: Rethinking Agency in International Human Rights Presented by: Ms. Horii Date: Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 15:00 - 16:30 GMT Questions - Why do children marry? - How does this practice both inform and is treated within the multiple competing normative frameworks that are in place? Methods - Multi-layered analysis - Interdisciplinarity - Research with children/adolescents Children As Subjective Agents - 'A paradigm shift' since 1970s - The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child: evolving capacity and rights to be heard - Assumption: children are incapable of deciding to marry Diversity In The Reason To Marry - Child marriage ≠ forced marriage - Relational and situational constraints - Unplanned teenage pregnancy Banning Child Marriage: An Effective Intervention? - State marriage registration VS customary/religious marriage (legal pluralism) - Child marriage as a 'symptom' of underlying social problems Agency In International Human Rights - 'Libertarian' VS 'relational' understanding of agency - A 'blind spot' in international human rights - Children's rights: walking a thin line between child empowerment and protection Alternative Policies - More 'empowerment' focused approach - More participation and collaboration by children in decision-making (along with providing information about possible consequences of their decisions) - Resilience-based support for married children