ويمكن أيضا تعويق رضاء المرأة بالزواج رضاءً كاملاً لا إكراه فيه القوانين التي تجيز إلغاء مسؤولية المُغْتَصِبْ الجنائية أو تخفيفها إذا تزوج ضحيته.
If action conducted under the authority of a State constitutes a basis for individual criminal responsibility for a crime against humanity by the persons involved in that action, article 4 of the Covenant cannot be used as justification that a state of emergency exempted the State in question from its responsibility in relation to the same conduct.