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Ms. Carmel M Tripathi

Director, Bahá’í Centre Bahapur

Ms. Nilakshi Rajkhowa

Director, Office of Public Affairs - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India

Buddhist Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok

Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission

Ms. Rinchen Lhamo

Member of National Commission for Minorities (NCM), Government of India

Rev. Dr. Mathew Koickal

Deputy Secretary General, CBCI

Rev. Dr. Roby Kannanchira CMI

Director, Chavara Cultural Centre

Fr. Sebastian Kollithanam

Corner Stone Foundation

Goswami Sushil Ji Maharaj

Head Of Monestry - Maharishi Bhrigu Peeth

Swami Chander Devji Maharaj

Founder Chairman, Global Saint Samaj Kalyan Foundation

Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Siddiqui

Assistant Secretary, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind & Journalist

Maulana Mohammad Ajazur Rahman Shaheen Qasmi

General Secretary World Peace Organisation

Acharya Vivek Muni Ji Maharaj

Founder, Acharya Sunil Muni Mission (ASMC)

Mr. Sanjay Jain

Secretory General, All India Council of Religions for Peace

Rabbi Ezekiel Malekkar Jew

Head, Jewish Community,

Honorary Secretary of Judah Hyam Synagogue

Marazban Nariman Zaiwalla

Behdinpashban,

Zoroastrian Parsi Community Delhi

17 Faith leaders, together for an interfaith dialogue on child marriage in New Delhi, unanimously agree that no faith allows or endorses child marriage

The faith leaders further advocated that all children must get access to protection, education and development, and also said that any one promoting or performing child marriage should be punished as per the law.

Despite child marriage being a crime as per the law, religion is often used as a cover to perform this social evil by different communities and this has been a major challenge in ending child marriage.

Declaration

We, the faith leaders of our community, agree that

We are against child marriage and no child marriage should take place

People solemnising marriages, regardless of religion, should not conduct child marriages

All people involved in child marriage must be punished as per the law and child marriage victims must receive access to justice

All children must receive access to health, education, development, and protection

For awareness generation, religious and faith institutions should display a message against child marriage

Appropriate laws should be framed so that all those assisting and promoting child marriage may be adequately punished

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Declaration

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