A 2018 case involving forced marriage and sexual violence in Mali was the first in which an ICC prosecutor charged the crime of gender persecution.

Source: https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/09/the-case-for-afghan-women-and-girls-how-an-international-criminal-court-investigation-could-expand-human-rights/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-case-for-afghan-women-and-girls-how-an-international-criminal-c

Assured by a middleman that there would be well-paid work when she arrived, she was instead taken to the northern Chinese province of Heilongjiang and sold into a forced marriage for 5,000 yuan (around US $700).

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/01/26/no-food-and-public-executions-one-womans-life-in-north-korea/

From Monday, 16 and 17-year-olds can no longer wed or enter a civil partnership in – even with parental consent – in an effort to better protect children from forced marriage.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/marriage-legal-age-child-16-18-b2290181.html

The eyes of 18-year-old Akuot Agany Kut were gouged by her father over alleged forced marriage.

Source: https://www.eyeradio.org/akuot-he-asked-whether-to-slit-my-throat-or-gouge-my-eyes/

The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 5.3 aims to end child marriage in girls by 2030 as part of a global commitment to “eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation”.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/one-5-girls-india-married-legal-age-find-new-study-9070841/