Article 16 (2) and the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child preclude States parties from permitting or giving validity to a marriage between persons who have not attained their majority.
L'article 16, à son paragraphe 2, et les dispositions de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant interdisent aux États parties d'autoriser un mariage entre des personnes mineures ou d'accorder la validité à un tel mariage.