The present report provides a summary of progress in efforts to eliminate child, early and forced marriages during the period from April 2014 to May 2016. It provides an overview of developments at the international and regional levels, initiatives concerning the development and enforcement of laws, the formulation of policies and action plans, the engagement of religious and traditional leaders and of men and boys in efforts to eliminate the practice, the empowerment of girls and women, awareness-raising and the implementation of protection measures and services for already married girls.

This is a summary of the report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its seventeenth and eighteenth sessions, prepared pursuant to Council resolutions 9/14, 18/28 and 27/25. During its seventeenth session, held in Geneva from 23 to 27 November 2015, the Working Group held private discussions. Its eighteenth session, held in Geneva from 11 to 15 April 2016, focused on the theme of “Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development”.

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