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== Germany ==
* 2012: The so-called [[Cologne circumcision court judgment]] of 7 May 2012 has definitely gone down in history, but it has triggered a short, heated [[Circumcision Debate|circumcision debate]] in Germany and the German-speaking neighboring countries, on 12 December 2012 to hasty adoption of the so-called [[German Circumcision Act]] led to the repeal of the [[Cologne circumcision court judgment]].
* 2019: In Ascheberg, a 43-year-old Syrian surgeon was sentenced to a prison sentence of 2.5 years on 10 October 2019 for failing to carry out the foreskin [[amputation ]] of a six-month-old infant and others in a professional manner.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.msl24.de/muensterland/coesfeld-ort847849/ascheberg-saeuglinge-beschnitten-urteil-gegen-syrischen-arzt-13101437.html
|title=Säuglinge beschnitten: Arzt wegen gefährlicher Körperverletzung verurteilt
|accessdate=2019-10-11
}}</ref>
== Ireland ==
* In 2015, a father-of-six, Philip Ogbewe, from Nigeria but living in Ireland 20 years and residing at Green Lanes, Drogheda, Co Louth, used a blade on the infant during a crude cultural circumcision. Ogbewe pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment of life by performing the circumcision on the baby which led to serious haemorrhaging which created a substantial risk of death or serious harm, at the infant’s home in a midlands town on December 4th, 2015.<ref>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/circuit-court/man-jailed-for-three-years-for-barbaric-circumcision-without-anaesthetic-1.4261959
|title=Man jailed for three years for ‘barbaric’ circumcision without anaesthetic
|first=Tom
|last=Tuite
|publisher=The Irish Times
|date=2020-05-25
|accessdate=2020-05-26
}}</ref>
== South Africa ==
* In 2020, sixteen cases have been opened and ten people arrested for unlawful circumcision and contravention of the lockdown regulations in the Eastern Cape. Twenty four illegal initiation huts have been closed down. The incidents took place in Indwe, Ngqeleni, King Sabatha Dalindyebo area, Port St Johns, Tsolo, Mdantsane, Scenery Park and Nxarhuni.<ref>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.therep.co.za/2020/05/28/ten-people-arrested-for-unlawful-circumcision/
|title=Ten people arrested for unlawful circumcision
|first=Abongile
|last=Solundwana
|publisher=The Rep
|date=2020-05-28
|accessdate=2020-05-29
}}</ref> It is notable here that the circumcision seems to have been forbidden only because of the corona lockdown regulations.
== Switzerland ==
|url=https://hpd.de/artikel/beschneidung-nur-bagatelle-17296
|title=Beschneidung nur eine Bagatelle? - Junge entgeht nur aufgrund psychischer Störung der Genitalverstümmelung
|trans-title=Circumcision only a bagatelle? - Boy escapes genital mutilationonly mutilation only because of mental disorder
|language=German
|date=2019-10-11
|accessdate=2019-10-11
}}</ref>
== Uganda ==
* In 2019, Mr. Musa Lwanga has been arrested over forceful circumcision on 16 children, age 4-13, in the Mpigi district of Uganda, the police reported.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=http://www.pmldaily.com/news/crime/2019/10/man-arrested-over-forceful-circumcision-of-16-children.html
|title=Man arrested over forceful circumcision of 16 children
|last=Ahabwe
|first=Conrad
|publisher=PML Daily
|date=2019-10-15
|accessdate=2019-10-16
}}</ref> It has been established that Musa allegedly picked up children from schools and along the way without the consent of the parents, he later took them to hospital for circumcision as he earns 50,000 Uganda Shilling (UGX - about 13.55 USD<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=50%2C000&From=UGX&To=USD |title=50000 UGX to USD |publisher=XE |accessdate=2019-10-19}}</ref>) per head. The case hasen't been ruled yet.
== UK ==
* In 2013, a doctor circumcised a baby boy when the supposed paternal grandparents of the boy ordered him to do so. In 2017, these three suspects have been arrested after the mother of the boy fought for years. It wasn’t until she teamed up with the anti-circumcision group [[Men Do Complain]] and leading [[human rights]] lawyer Saimo Chahal QC that things began to change. All three were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, though it’s unclear what became of the case and whether or not charges proceeded against the grandparents. However, the doctor in question, Dr. Balvinder Mehat, was suspended for a month.<ref>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.bolde.com/grandparents-arrested-circumcised-son/
|title=Grandparents Arrested After Mom Discovers They Circumcised Her 3-Month-Old Son Without Permission
|first=Ellie
|last=Kildare
|publisher=Bolde
|accessdate=2020-05-26
}}</ref>
* In 2021, a British judge has ruled that a boy who was taken into care shouldn't be subjected to non-consensual, non-therapeutic genital cutting. Mr. Justice Cobb said a decision about circumcision should be deferred until the 21-month-old boy is older and able to ‘make his own choice’.<ref>{{REFjournal
|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/justice-muslim-high-court-b940506.html
|title=Boy taken from Muslim parents should not be circumcised now – judge
|last=Farmer
|first=Brian
|website=Evening Standard
|date=2021-06-14
|accessdate=2021-06-25
}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
|url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2021/06/all-children-should-have-the-right-to-refuse-circumcision
|title=All children should have the right to refuse circumcision
|last=Manson
|first=Megan
|website=National Seculiar Society
|date=2021-06-25
|accessdate=2021-06-25
}}</ref>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Attorneys for the Rights of the Child]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{REFweb
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/
|title=Circumcision: Legal issues
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|website=Circumcision Reference Library
|date=2013-09-30
|accessdate=2020-01-03
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* {{REFweb|url=https://www.i2researchhub.org/articles/ch-10-american-law-and-the-circumcision-of-children-doc-genital-integrity-statement/
|title=Ch. 10: American Law and the Circumcision of Children (DOC Genital Integrity Statement)
|trans-title=
|language=
|last=Hill
|first=George
|author-link=George Hill
|publisher=[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]]
|website=Research Hub
|date=2008-07-15
|accessdate=2020-01-03
|format=
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{{REF}}
[[Category:Jurisprudence]]
[[Category:Germany]]
[[Category:Ireland]]
[[Category:South Africa]]
[[Category:Switzerland]]
[[Category:Uganda]]
[[Category:UK]]
[[de:Rechtsprechung]]