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eliminate child, early and forced marriage, and to support already married girls, adolescents
and women;
21.
Encourages States and all relevant stakeholders to ensure that child, early and
forced marriage is given due attention in the work of the Human Rights Council, including
relevant Council processes, debates and mechanisms, including the universal periodic
review;
22.
Invites relevant special procedures of the Human Rights Council and relevant
treaty bodies to give due consideration to the issue of child, early and forced marriage
within their respective mandates;
23.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
organize an expert workshop before the thirty-fourth session of the Human Rights Council
to review and discuss the impact of existing strategies and initiatives to address child, early
and forced marriage and to make recommendations for further action by States and the
international community towards the full implementation of human rights obligations in
this regard;
24.
Also requests the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the deliberations
held during the workshop and to submit it to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-fifth
session;
25.
Decides to continue its consideration of the issue of strengthening efforts to
prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage at its thirty-fifth session.
42nd meeting
2 July 2015
[Adopted without a vote.]
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