The international community has committed to the elimination of child marriage through instruments such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Sustainable Development Goals. Goal 5.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals calls on States to end all harmful practices such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation by 2030. This is a powerful advocacy tool for parliamentarians to demand improved action and resources to ensure accountability within a clearly defined timeframe and at the state level. The target is an entry point for dialogue at the national level on how to strengthen existing initiatives to tackle child marriage and accelerate progress to end the practice by 2030.[3] Article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which is another important international commitment and of which Tis a signatory, points to the State's obligation to ‘take all legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child against physical or mental assault, violence or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, abuse or ill-treatment of any kind, including rape, while in the care of his or her parents or one of them alone, or of his or her legal guardian or guardians, or of any person having care of him or her’. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, in its concluding observations on the combined fourth and fifth country reports[4] of Türkiye, made the following recommendations: Implementation of the minimum age of marriage as 18 years without exception Adopting the National Strategy and Action Plan on the Prevention of Early and Forced Marriage and addressing gaps in coordination mechanisms, Establishment of protection plans for those harmed, Preparation of action plans to combat child marriage in all provinces, Mainstream awareness-raising campaigns targeting refugee communities on the harmful effects of child marriage on girls' physical and mental health and well-being. [3] Translated into Turkish by Flying Broom Association as Handbook on Role of Parliamentarians in Stopping Child Marriage, abridged from the publication of Global Partnership Network to Stop Child Marriage - Girls Not Brides. http://ucansupurgedernegi.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Cocuk-Yasta-Evlilikleri-Durdurmak-KonusundaParlamenterlerin-Rolu-El-Kitabi-Ucan-Supurge-Dernegi.pdf [4] States parties to international conventions are obliged to submit Country Reports to the committee of the relevant convention at certain intervals. The country report not submitted in its own period was sent as a consolidated report in the next reporting period. 10