Child marriages are commonplace in Saudi Arabia with one in seven girls marrying before the age of 18. According to the Justice Ministry ruling, any teenager below the age of 18 will from now on be referred to specialized courts that will assess whether they can get married or not.
These courts'
job is to study each child marriage case to confirm that the future spouse
who's under 18 years old, boy or girl, will not be harmed as a result of this
wedding and that this union will be of the best interest to the youngster.
This new
decision follows an earlier law that was revealed in January of this year and
which bans the marriage of children under 15 years old. Prior to the latter,
Saudi Arabia did not have a minimum legal age for marriage.
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