Children Silent Victims in Child Marriage in Bangladesh: Significance of Legal Protection for their Wellbeing

Abstract

The widespread practice of child marriage in Bangladesh is greatly harmful to the futures wellbeing of girl children. It is a strong social custom as well as evil and violates the rights of the child to be free from all forms of discrimination, inhuman and degrading treatment. Children do not have a powerful approach to protect them against the abuse of early marriage arrangements rather they are victim of different types of domestic violence. To prevent child marriage, it is needed social awareness along with supportive legislation in keeping with the spirit of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) in the society of Bangladesh. Unless measures are taken to address child marriage, it will continue to be a major stumbling block to the achievement of child rights. This paper analyses the significance of protective measures with domestic laws and human rights dimensions to protect such practice and uphold wellbeing the children in Bangladesh.

Keywords Child marriage, human rights violation, legal protection, child wellbeing