Tenth International Symposium
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The Tenth International Symposium on Circumcision, Genital Integrity and Human Rights convened in the Examination Schools at the University of Keele, Keele, Newcastle, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom on September 4-6, 2008.
Proceedings
0900 - 0910 Business & Introductions – David Smith
0910 - 0930 Welcome and Opening – Marilyn Milos and John Warren
SESSION 1 LAW, ETHICS & HUMAN RIGHTS, Chair, Peter Ball
0930 – 1030 adolescent autonomy and the Limits of Religious Freedom –MarieFox and Michael Thomson
1030 – 1100 Writing Rites gone Wrong: autobiography, testimonials, and Their Relevance to the Debate around genital alterations – Chantal Zabus
1100 – 1115 Coffee
1115 – 1150 Circumcision mythologies in conflict with Logic, Reason, and common Sense – Steve Scott
1150 – 1225 Three-Fourths Were abnormal”– Misha’s case, Sick Societies, and the Law –J. Steven Svoboda
1225 – 1300 Hospital’s Duty: Informed consent –Zenas Baer
1300 - 1400 Lunch
SESSION 2 LAW, ETHICS & hUMAN RIGHTS (2)Chair, Marie Fox
1400 – 1430 Violating all codes – George C. Denniston
1430 – 1500 Female genital mutilation: a human Rights Issue – Comfort Momoh
1500 – 1600 International Organizations, Political Interests: One group’s Experience – Seham Abd el Salam and Sarah Enan
1600 – 1615 Tea
Conference organisers
David Smith, General Manager, and Dr. John Warren, Chairman and Founder, NORM-UK
Professors Michael Thomson and Marie Fox, University of Keele School of Law