وهناك عوامل عديدة قد تمنع المرأة من اتخاذ قرار بالزواج دون إكراه. ويتعلق أحد هذه العوامل بالسن الأدنى للزواج.
However, it is apparent that some other provisions of the Covenant were included in the list of non-derogable provisions because it can never become necessary to derogate from these rights during a state of emergency (e.g., arts. 11 and 18).