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The CATW International note with great concern that the phenomenon of forced marriages of women and girls in the context of trafficking in persons is widespread, is deeply harmful for its victims and has a serious impact on the status of women and girls in those societies where it occurs. It note also that many States, despite their international obligations, lack adequate laws, policies and measures to prevent and combat forced marriages in general, and especially forced marriages as a result of or a reason for trafficking in persons, especially women and children, or fail to implement such laws and policies. The CATW International, therefore, urges the United Nations Member States to ensure the implementation of the recommendations set out in the second annual thematic report on forced marriages in the context of trafficking in persons by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights aspects of the victims of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Sigma Huda. |
