San Marino

There is no publicly available government data on child marriage in San Marino.

Child marriage is driven by gender inequality and the belief that women and girls are somehow inferior to men and boys.

There is limited information on child marriage in San Marino.

San Marino has committed to ending child, early and forced marriage by 2030 in line with target 5.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals.

The government has not submitted a Voluntary National Review in any High Level Political Forum since 2021. The government submitted a 2021 Voluntary National Review at the High Level Political Forum but there was no mention of child marriage.

San Marino co-sponsored the following Human Rights Council resolutions: the 2013 resolution on child, early and forced marriage, the 2015 resolution to end child, early and forced marriage, recognising that it is a violation of human rights, the 2017 Human Rights Council resolution on recognising the need to address child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian contexts, the 2019 Human Right Council resolution on the consequences of child marriage, the 2021 resolution on child, early and forced marriage in times of crisis, including the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2023 resolution on ending and preventing forced marriage. In 2014, San Marino also signed a joint statement at the Human Rights Council calling for a resolution on child marriage.

San Marino co-sponsored the 2013, 2014, 2016,2018, 2020 and 2022 UN General Assembly resolutions on child, early and forced marriage.

San Marino acceded to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991, which the Committee on the Rights of the Child has interpreted to recommend the establishment of a minimum age of marriage of 18, and ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 2003, which obligates states to ensure free and full consent to marriage.

San Marino has ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence (known as the Istanbul Convention), which considers forced marriage a serious form of violence against women and girls, and legally binds state parties to criminalise the intentional conduct of forcing an adult or child into a marriage.

The minimum legal age for marriage in San Marino is 18 years for both men and women. However, under Article 4 of the Law No. 49 1986 (Reform of Family Law), a girl and boy may marry at the age of 16 once a Judge finds that they have the physical and psychological maturity and parental/guardian consent.