By force?

Forced marriage

Shotgun wedding?

Come on. What is this, a stickup?

The Declaration is based on the consideration that forced assimilation is unacceptable.

It should combat the practice of forced marriages of kidnapped women.

We must have agreed to leave you reluctantly, perhaps.

Land tax, forced labor, war, drought... and now bandits!

(d) Limited forcible disarmament of negative forces.

(4) The Committee welcomes the existence of legal sanctions against forced marriages and polygamy.

Among the issues identified, the Working Group mentioned forced marriage, child marriage and the sale of wives.

So religion cannot be imposed individuals must practice it according to their own decisions.

Right not to be kept in slavery or submission or forced or obligatory labor,

The new law also increases the sentence on the ban of brothels in case of minors and forced prostitution.

In particular, she highlighted widespread forced and child marriages as one of the primary sources of violence against women.

Reports also indicate a widespread and forced use of drugs by child soldiers and children associated with the fighting forces.

Some of these practices are female genital mutilation, forced marriage, early marriage and dowry, teenage pregnancy and domestic violence.

It is, however, concerned at the high dropout rates, especially among girls, due to forced marriages.

Similarly, article 511 punishes anyone who keeps a person by force in a place of debauchery or who coerces such person to engage in prostitution.

Recording forced confessions of detainees is a very common practice in Syria, as a way to discourage others from joining the opposition.

The code of criminal procedure provides that a death sentence can only be enforced after the plea for pardon has been rejected.

The new law also contains provisions on marital rape, trade in and possession and distribution of child pornography, forced prostitution and stalking.

Under article 2 of the same Act, any person who uses deception, threat or force in order to entice persons with intent to commit prostitution is also punished.

The forced loss of poppy crops has left farmers unable to repay the drug traffickers who lent them money to buy seeds.

That document also banned all physical and psychological violence, mutilation, early or forced marriage and sexual harassment.

The minority was not constitutionally recognized as an ethnic group some members had identity cards with the names of other groups, which was deemed to constitute forced assimilation.

The Committee recommends that the State party reconsider this age requirement and explore alternative means of preventing forced or sham marriages.

Other traditional and cultural barriers to women's equality, such as forced marriages, child marriages and polygamy, needed more attention.

Article 279, which provides A penalty of death or life imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who has intercourse with a female against her will or by means of coercion, threats or deception.

His return was orchestrated in such a manner as not to imply that the king had been coerced, but in fact a new political environment had already been established.

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission estimates that between 60 and 80 per cent of marriages in the country are forced marriages.

In 2004, for example, the Supreme Court had adopted a decision on the application of the Code of Criminal Procedure stating that evidence obtained unlawfully or through coercion was inadmissible.

Known as the Godfather of the Golden Triangle , Naw Kham led the 100 strong Hawngleuk Militia in the Shan State border town of Tachilek in Myanmar which engaged in drug trafficking, kidnapping and hijacking.

In his evolutionary model of history, he argued that human history began with free, productive and creative work that was over time coerced and dehumanised, a trend most apparent under capitalism.

Trokosi, forced marriage, genital mutilation trafficking in women and children and abuse of vidomegon (girls sent by poor families to wealthy homes) were all prohibited by law.

(vi) Continuing violation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of women, in particular the trafficking of women for the purpose of prostitution or forced marriage and the subjection of women to human smuggling, forced abortions, gender based discrimination and violence

The Committee calls upon the State party to ensure that indigenous people are effectively protected from forced evictions from their ancestral lands and that they are properly compensated, should such evictions take place.

A public awareness campaign reached out to mothers on the issues of forced marriage and trokosi enslavement at shrines, and village level committees fought child trafficking and genital mutilation.

The Committee is also concerned at the increasing discrimination against the girl child, in particular girls living in rural areas, due to re emerging trends such as bridal kidnappings and forced marriages.

The State party should proceed to the necessary amendments of its Criminal Procedure Code and prohibit the use of evidence obtained in violation of the law, including under duress.

Stronger legislation and more extensive involvement of NGOs and the media were needed to fully eliminate forced marriage, bride money, female genital mutilation and trafficking in children, especially girls.

The Committee is concerned that, despite the constitutional guarantees of the right of the indigenous people to own property communally, the State party does not provide effective protection for the indigenous people against forced evictions from their ancestral lands.

I remembered that Ahmed lived at the end of a dirt road, impossible to recognize... ...now that I was struggling to tread over one whole vast surface of debris... that had been chewed and spat out by the tanks.

The Committee urges the State party to take effective measures to promote the right to housing, especially among the disadvantaged and marginalized groups, and to ensure that adequate protection is afforded to people living in illegal settlements who are liable to forced evictions.

Respect for HPCC decisions, and property rights, remains low 1,003 of 1,669 of successful category C claims that led to repossession by the rightful owners required enforced evictions.