Practice question
A policy paper cites the UDHR’s right to marry to justify compelling an unwilling adult into marriage. What does the declaration’s own text provide?
- The right to marry eliminates consent.
- Article 16(2) requires free and full consent, so the cited right does not support compulsion.
- A relative’s agreement always replaces the adult’s.
- Consent is required only from witnesses.
- The declaration never addresses consent.
Legal references
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Articles 14-16 and 29-30, UN General Assembly Resolution 217 A (III), December 10, 1948, official text: https://www.un.org/en/node/124305
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