Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

An Unpunished Forced Marriage

by Silvia Tellenbach

Question(s) at stake

Whether a traditional religious marriage in Turkey (Imam marriage) fulfills the requirements of a marriage within the meaning of section 237 German Penal Code.

Outcome of the ruling

A traditional religious marriage in Turkey (Imam marriage) does not fulfil the requirements of a marriage within the meaning of section 237 of the German Penal Code

Country:

Germany

Official citation

Regional Court Kaiserslautern, Judgment of 26 January 2017, 6042 Js 217/13 – 4 KLs (LG Kaiserslautern, Urteil vom 26.01.2017, 6042 Js 217/13 – 4 KLs)

ECLI:DE:LGKAISE:2017:0126.6042JS217.134KLS.0A

Topic(s)

Keywords:

Civil marriage Forced marriage Gender related violence

Tag(s):

Imam marriage

Bibliographic information

Tellenbach, Silvia (2023): An Unpunished Forced Marriage, Department of Law and Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale), Germany, CUREDI033DE009, https://doi.org/10.48509/CUREDI033DE009.

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About the authors

Silvia Tellenbach (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, Germany) ORCID logo

Dr. Dr.h.c. Silvia Tellenbach is the long-time former Head of the Turkey, Iran and Arab States Unit at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (presently: 'Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law').

Within the CUREDI project, she is using her expertise in criminal law in Germany to identify court decisions, where cultural and religious diversity issues were involved. In addition to writing templates on such cases, she acts as a reviewer and is a member of the CUREDI Editorial Board.