{"id":1742,"date":"2021-11-02T16:13:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T16:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/the_dominican_republic_the_civil_code\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:00:08","slug":"the_dominican_republic_the_civil_code","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/resource\/uncategorised\/the_dominican_republic_the_civil_code\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dominican Republic &#8211; The Civil Code"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"meta-split-banner-block\" style=\"background-color:#001745\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"columns is-gapless is-multiline is-mobile\">\n            <div class=\"column is-12-mobile is-8-tablet is-6-desktop\">\n                <div class=\"image-container-overlay is-hidden-desktop\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/placeholder.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"outer\">\n                    <div class=\"inner left\">\n                        <div class=\"split-post-content\">\n\n                            <div class=\"columns is-multiline is-mobile\">\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <p class=\"date\">2nd \u0646\u0648\u0641\u0645\u0628\u0631 2021<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"title\">The Dominican Republic &#8211; The Civil Code<\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                                <div class=\"columns\">\n                                    <div class=\"column is-9\">\n                                        <p class=\"time-to-read\">5 min read<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                                <div class=\"columns\">\n                                    <div class=\"column\">\n                                        <div class=\"categories\">\n\n                                            \n                                            \n                                            \n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"column is-6-desktop is-hidden-touch\">\n                <div class=\"image-container\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/placeholder.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Article 144 of the Dominican Republic\u2019s Civil Code allows girls as young as 15 years old to be married off but protects boys younger than 18 from entering into marriage.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li><strong>Country:<\/strong>\u00a0Dominican Republic<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li><strong>Law status:\u00a0<\/strong>Amended<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li><strong>Law Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Marriage, Divorce, Polygamy &amp; Wife Obedience<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE January 2021:<\/strong>\u00a0On 6 January, 2021, President Luis Abinader enacted and published a law and issued a decree banning marriage below the age of 18. We are pleased with this amendment to the law, and hope that further measures will be taken to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.trust.org\/item\/20210107202018-10yhj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discourage informal unions<\/a>\u00a0between adults and children, which are also common in the Dominican Republic. More\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2021\/01\/06\/651279\/abinader-promulga-ley-prohibe-el-matrimonio-infantil-en-el-pais\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">information in Spanish here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator {\"opacity\":\"css\"} --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n<p><!-- \/wp:separator --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>When young girls are forced to marry, they face potentially lifelong harmful consequences. They are essentially subject to state-sanctioned rape and are at risk of increased domestic violence, forced pregnancy, and negative health consequences while being denied education and economic opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laws prohibiting marriage under the age of 18 for both girls and boys<\/strong>, without any exceptions,\u00a0are needed to\u00a0make explicit the States\u2019, and societies\u2019 understanding that young people need time to understand their independent circumstances before entering into a lifelong contract that will affect many aspects of their lives.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 144 of the Dominican Republic\u2019s Civil Code allows girls as young as 15 years old to be married off but protects boys younger than 18 from entering into marriage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:quote --> <!-- wp:quote --><\/p>\n<p>Article 144.\u00a0<em><strong>Marriage is forbidden<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0<strong>men younger than 18 years<\/strong>\u00a0old or\u00a0<strong>women under 15 years<\/strong>\u00a0of age.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote --><\/p>\n<p>Article 39(4) of the Constitution of the Dominican Republic:\u00a0<em><strong>Women and men are equal before the law<\/strong>. . . .\u00a0 The necessary measures shall be promoted in order to ensure the eradication of gender inequality and discrimination.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:quote --><\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-signpost-block\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","post_tag":[],"resource_type":[],"law_status":[219],"law_type":[223],"issue":[],"region":[],"class_list":["post-1742","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Dominican Republic - The Civil Code - Equality Now<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/the_dominican_republic_the_civil_code\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ar_AR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Dominican Republic - The Civil Code\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/the_dominican_republic_the_civil_code\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Equality Now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/equalitynoworg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-22T13:00:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u0648\u0642\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0621\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064f\u0642\u062f\u0651\u0631\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u062f\u0642\u064a\u0642\u062a\u0627\u0646\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/the_dominican_republic_the_civil_code\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/the_dominican_republic_the_civil_code\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Dominican Republic - The Civil Code - Equality Now\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-02T16:13:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-22T13:00:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/the_dominican_republic_the_civil_code\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/the_dominican_republic_the_civil_code\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/the_dominican_republic_the_civil_code\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Resources\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/ar\\\/resource\\\/%type%\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"The Dominican Republic &#8211; 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