Kultura polisa volume: 20 number: 2 startpage: 101 endpage: 129 Keywords: underage marriage, marital capacity, gender discrimination, underage Ključne reči: maloletnički brak, bračna sposobnost, rodna diskriminacija, maloletstvo Abstract: In the national marriage legislation, minors belong to the group of material restrictions for entering into a valid marriage. From the aspect of human rights, underage marriage is recognized as a form of gender-based discrimination against girls and boys. Minority, as an element concerning the status of a natural person, is perceived as a certain preparatory phase of life characterized by a lack of intellectual and volitional maturity, as well as the absence of life experience, which affects the prevention of minors from independently protecting their rights and interests. The above is one of the reasons why we believe it is of great importance, in the normative sense, to fully protect, that is, to prohibit the conclusion of underage marriages. The aim of this paper is to indicate the international standards in this area, as well as the need for reform in the legislation of the Republic of Serbia, in terms of the prohibition of underage marriages and their harmful consequences for the persons who conclude them. Sažetak: U nacionalnom bračnom zakonodavstvu maloletstvo pripada grupi materijalnih ograničenja za sklapanje punovažnog braka. Iz aspekta ljudskih prava maloletnički brak je prepoznat kao oblik rodno zasnovane diskriminacije prema devojčicama i dečacima. Maloletstvo, kao element koji se tiče statusa fizičkog lica percipira se kao određena pripremna faza života za koju je karakterističan nedostatak intelektualne i voljne zrelosti, kao i odsustvo životnog iskustva, što utiče na sprečavanje maloletnog lica da samostalno štiti svoja prava i interese. Navedeno predstavlja jedan od razloga zbog koga smatramo da je od velike važnosti u normativnom smislu u potpunosti zaštiti, odnosno zabraniti sklapanje maloletničkih brakova. Cilj ovog rada jeste ukazivanje na međunarodne standarde iz ove oblasti, kao i potrebu za reformom u zakonodavstvu Republike Srbije, u smislu zabrane maloletničkih brakova i njihovih štetnih posledica na lica koja ih zaključuju. https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:6982 doi:10.51738/Kpolisa2023.20.2r.101pks ISSN: 1820-4589 eng srp 2023 Milan, Počuča Krstinić, Dalibor Šarkić, Nebojša info:eu-repo/semantics/review http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode application/pdf 453741 bytes Prohibition of minor marriages Zabrana maloletničkih brakova