If your perpetrator is found guilty of breaching the FMPO then there are a range of sentences that they could receive. The maximum sentence is 5 years imprisonment. For information about criminal proceedings see Reporting an offence to the police: A guide to criminal investigations. The criminal offence of forced marriage. Even if there is no FMPO, forced marriage is a criminal office.
It is also a criminal offence for someone to mislead you so that you go abroad and force you into a marriage. The law states that:. It is also a criminal offence to deceive a victim with the intention of causing the victim to leave the United Kingdom; and intends the other person to be subject to coercion force for the purpose of making her enter into a marriage without consent consent must be free and full.
For people who are found guilty of these offences there are a range of sentences available to the courts including a fine, a suspended sentence, time in prison and community sentences, for example carrying out unpaid work.
The courts also have the ability to make a restraining order on the defendants even if they are not found guilty. If the court believes you are being harassed or put in fear of violence it can make a restraining order against the person s responsible. There are also a range of other criminal offences covering acts which often occur when someone is forced into a marriage, for example rape, assault, theft, kidnapping, blackmail and harassment.
The police may choose to charge the perpetrator with one or more of these offences as well as, or instead of, the offence of forced marriage. For more information on the criminal justice process see Reporting an offence to the police: A guide to criminal investigations and From charge to trial: A guide to criminal proceedings.
If you have experienced a violent crime you may be able to get criminal injuries compensation for more details see A guide to criminal injuries compensation. You can also contact our legal advice line. How can I end my marriage? If you had a religious ceremony only then you may not need to take legal action to end your marriage, however, you may need legal advice on a range of other issues see below.
If the marriage took place abroad then you may need to take legal action depending upon whether the marriage is legally recognised in that country and in the UK.
If you had a civil marriage in the UK then you will need to take legal action to end the marriage. For further information on the status of your marriage see A guide to marriage and contact our advice lines. The most common way of ending a forced marriage that is legally recognised is annulment.
Annulment is different to divorce and if your marriage is annulled it will put you back to the position you were in before the marriage took place. This can be important if for religious or cultural reasons you do not want to get divorced. For more information about annulment speak to our legal advice line or a solicitor.
If your marriage is annulled you will have the same rights to matrimonial finances and property as if you were getting divorced. You can also get divorced if you would like to end your marriage, see A guide to divorce for more details. You can apply for financial provision from your husband if you start annulment or divorce proceedings. For example, if your husband owns a property you can ask for a portion of that property and if your husband earns more money than you he may be required to pay you maintenance, which would usually be monthly payments of money.
For more details see A guide to financial arrangements on marriage breakdown. If you have separated from your husband and you have children then your husband is required to pay you maintenance for your child or children, this is an amount of money usually paid on a monthly basis. If you are married then your husband will also have parental responsibility for the child. It is a criminal offence for anyone to remove your child from the UK without your consent. If someone other than your husband takes your child from you, for example, your mother-in-law you should call the police.
If your husband takes your child from you without your consent call the police and seek urgent legal advice. If you leave your husband you can take your children with you. If your husband threatens to take your children from you, or to stop you bringing your children with you, you must seek legal advice urgently.
You can call our legal advice line or see a solicitor. You may be able to get a court order to protect your child from abduction when you apply for the FMPO. For details on your rights concerning your children see Children and the law: Parental Responsibility , Children and the Law: when parents separate , Children and the law: the Family Court process and Child and the law: relocation, holidays and abduction.
Your rights to stay in the UK depend on a number of factors, including how long you have been here, whether you have children, and what you would like to do next. If you are in the UK as spouse or partner of a British or settled citizen you may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain ILR on the basis of the forced marriage if this causes the marriage to breakdown during the probationary period of the visa. This is known as the domestic violence rule and allows women who are suffering abuse to leave their spouses or partners.
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We need to make sure that the rights and opportunities for young people not only remain as they are, but become better. The report looks at existing measures and strategies to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage with a particular focus on challenges, achievements, best practices and implementation gaps. See submissions received on the report page. In July , the Human Rights Council adopted its first substantive resolution recognizing child and forced marriage as a human rights violation.
The report provides conclusions and recommendations towards ensuring sustained and effective efforts to eliminate this practice. Access the inputs received from States and other stakeholders on the report page. This is due to various factors, including poverty, insecurity, gender inequality, increased risks of sexual and gender based violence, breakdown of rule of law and state authority, and lack of access to education, among others. For more information, please visit the report page.
It requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights to organize two regional workshops on child, early and forced marriage and measures to ensure accountability at the community and national levels.
Publications and resources. Gender-based violence. Gender integration. They may be isolated, have no access to money, telephones or their passports, and their movement will be restricted. The local British embassy will get involved if the victim - or someone they know - informs them or the UK's Forced Marriage Unit about their situation. Therefore visitors are recommended to leave details of their passport, flights and overseas residence with a trusted friend in the UK and contact the Foreign Office before they travel.
Even though they are abroad, victims still have the right to legal protection as the people forcing them into marriage may be in breach of the law in the UK and other countries. This can lead onto mental and physical health problems including depression, eating disorders and self-harm.
Although both men and women are affected, the latter especially encounter many difficulties after the forced marriage occurs. They are often apart from their family and can suffer domestic abuse at the hands of their husband or in-laws.
Those who have lived in an unconsented union for a long time may find it difficult to leave, especially if they have children. The victim may also worry about the consequences for their in-laws and their own family if they walk out on a forced marriage and report it to an authority.
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