Editing Polygamy (section)

===International law===
In 2000, the [[United Nations Human Rights Committee]] reported that polygamy violates the [[ICCPR|International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]] (ICCPR), citing concerns that the lack of "equality of treatment with regard to the right to marry" meant that polygamy, restricted to polygyny in practice, violates the dignity of women and should be outlawed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Equality of Rights Between Men and Women |url=http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/gencomm/hrcom28.htm |publisher=University of Minnesota Human Rights Library |access-date=22 May 2013 |archive-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402212302/http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/gencomm/hrcom28.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Specifically, reports to UN Committees have noted violations of ICCPR due to these inequalities,<ref>{{cite web |title=OHCHR report |url=http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/docs/ngos/IHRLS_Chad_95.pdf |publisher=Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |access-date=22 May 2013 |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307093134/https://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/docs/ngos/IHRLS_Chad_95.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and reports to the UN General Assembly have recommended it be outlawed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Report of the Human Rights Committee |url=http://www.ccprcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/A_63_40_Vol.I_E.pdf |publisher=United Nations General Assembly |access-date=22 May 2013 |archive-date=2 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102072335/https://www.ccprcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/A_63_40_Vol.I_E.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=GENERAL COMMENTS ADOPTED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE UNDER ARTICLE 40, PARAGRAPH 4, OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS |url=http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/0/13b02776122d4838802568b900360e80 |publisher=United Nations Human Rights Website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630225551/http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/0/13b02776122d4838802568b900360e80 |archive-date=30 June 2013 }}</ref>

ICCPR does not apply to countries that have not signed it, which includes many Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Malaysia, Brunei, Oman, and South Sudan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=IND&mtdsg_no=IV-4&chapter=4&lang=en|title=United Nations Treaty Collection|access-date=15 February 2016|archive-date=8 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408174039/https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=IND&mtdsg_no=IV-4&chapter=4&lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref>