Comparative Analysis of the Legal and Policy Landscape on (Trafficking for the Exploitation of) Forced Marriage Across Europe
- Document number
- 3631
- Date
- 25/11/2025
- Title
- Comparative Analysis of the Legal and Policy Landscape on (Trafficking for the Exploitation of) Forced Marriage Across Europe
- Author/publisher
- La Strada International & IMPACT
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Keywords
- Forced Marriage, Human Trafficking, Child Marriage, EU Anti-Trafficking Directive, EU VAW Directive
- Summary
- This comparative study covers 38 European countries, including all 27 EUMS, mapping how forced marriage is regulated, criminalised, and enforced, and under which conditions its exploitation might become human trafficking. The study concludes that European countries have, to varying degrees, criminalised forced marriage within their national legal systems, while not necessarily recognising it as a form of exploitation within the trafficking in human beings legislation.