A/HRC/41/19
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
26 April 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-first session
24 June–12 July 2019
Agenda item 2
Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the
High Commissioner and the Secretary-General
Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Summary
Based on information received from States, United Nations agencies, civil society
organizations and other relevant stakeholders, the present report, building on two prior
reports to the Human Rights Council on preventing and eliminating child, early and forced
marriage, assesses the issue of child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings. It
highlights the incidence of child, early and forced marriage in such settings, provides an
overview of its causes and consequences and outlines promising practices to put an end to
it.
GE.19-06528(E)
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