Abstract:
Child marriage is a gross violation of child’s right as it is carried against their wills and best
interests. Bangladesh has enacted a new Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017 by repealing the
previous one to prohibit child marriage from Bangladesh but it contains a special provision
which allowed child marriage in special circumstances with the consent of the guardians and the
Court for the best interest of the child. However, this section does not define what these special
circumstances and nor does provide any standard to measure the best interest for children. It
appears that this section indirectly encourages child marriage to be happened rather than to
discourage it. This is a qualitative research based on primary and secondary data. The research
paper analyses the rationality of incorporation of section-19 in the Child Marriage Restraint Act
2017 in perspective of Bangladesh. It maybe contradictory to the Constitution and may validate
statutory rape in Bangladesh. This research paper examines the international responsibility of
Bangladesh in light of child marriage
Description:
This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Law in East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
