US embassy cable - 05PRAGUE338

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Child Marriage Response for Czech Republic

Identifier: 05PRAGUE338
Wikileaks: View 05PRAGUE338 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Prague
Created: 2005-03-09 09:56:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PHUM KWMN EZ
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS PRAGUE 000338 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR G/IWI L KHADIAGALA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM, KWMN, EZ 
SUBJECT: Child Marriage Response for Czech Republic 
 
 
1. The legal age of marriage in the Czech Republic is 18 for 
both girls and boys.  Under special circumstances, a minor 
over the age of 16 may be given permission to marry by a 
court; without court consent, such a marriage is invalid. 
 
2. While there are some reports that the country's Roma 
population marry younger than the legal age, underage 
marriage is not a significant problem in the Czech Republic. 
 
CABANISS 

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