Notizie di Politeia
Volume 32, Issue 124, 2016, Pages 95-109

Tackling forced marriages in multicultural societies after the convention of Istanbul [Il contrasto dei matrimoni forzati nelle società multiculturali: Riflessioni a partire dalla Convenzione di Istanbul] (Article)

Bello B.G.*
  • a Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche Cesare Beccaria, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Abstract

Taking as a reference the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, this article discusses the trend towards the criminalisation of forced marriages in the European scenario and its pitfalls. It suggests to consider the manifest and latent functions of this practice and of legal responses to them in Western multicultural societies. The general cautions that guide the analysis is to explore other pathways from criminal law protection against forced marriages.

Author Keywords

Forced marriages Multicultural societies Convention of Istanbul

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Link
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ISSN: 11282401
Cited by: 1
Original Language: Italian