Germany’s Federal Court of Justice, in its ruling, published on December 14, 2018, stated that the new law against childmarriage was unconstitutional because it violated Articles 1 (human dignity), 2 (free development of personality), 3 (equal protection) and 6 (protection of marriage and family) of the Basic Law, which serves as the German constitution.

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