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→Non-therapeutic circumcision and Canadian law: Add info on CMA Code of Ethics.
Non-therapeutic circumcision of children in Canada is a practice that is of uncertain lawfulness.
The ''Charter of Rights and Freedoms '' (1982), [https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/how-rights-protected/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2e Article 7] provides every Canadian with the right to security of the person.<ref name="chhrp2018" />
In addition, Canada is a state-party to the United Nations ''Covenant on Civil and Political Rights'' (1966) and the ''Convention on the Rights of the Child'' (1989), both of which provide various [[human rights]] to children, which are violated by non-therapeutic child circumcision.
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===Canadian Medical Association Code of Ethics and Professionalism===
The CMA code has two statements relevant to the non-therapeutic circumcision of male infants:
* Never participate in or support practices that violate basic human rights.
* Never participate in or condone the practice of torture or any form of cruel, inhuman, or degrading procedure.<ref name="cma2018">{{REFdocument
|title=CMA Code of Ethics and Professionalism
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