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[[File:Flag of Norway.svg|thumb|150px|Flag of Norway]]
'''Norway''' is a constitutional monarchy.  
'''Norway''' is a constitutional monarchy. The parliament is called the ''Storting''. It has 169 seats.


==Nordic view of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.==
== Nordic view of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys ==


Norway is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor child circumcision.
Norway is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor child circumcision.


In 2013, children's ombudsmen from Sweden, Norway, [[Finland]], [[Denmark]], and Iceland, along with the Chair of the Danish Children's Council and the children's spokesperson for Greenland, passed a resolution that emphasized the decision to be circumcised should belong to the individual, who should be able to give informed consent.<ref name="resolution2">{{REFweb
In 2013, children's ombudsmen from [[Sweden]], Norway, [[Finland]], [[Denmark]], and Iceland, along with the Chair of the Danish Children's Council and the children's spokesperson for Greenland, passed a resolution that emphasized the decision to be [[circumcised]] should belong to the individual, who should be able to give [[informed consent]].<ref name="resolution2">{{REFweb
  |last=Nordic Association of Children's Ombudsmen
  |last=Nordic Association of Children's Ombudsmen
  |title=Let the boys decide for themselves
  |title=Let the boys decide for themselves
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The Nordic Association of Clinical Sexologists (2013) supports the position of the Nordic Association of Ombudsmen who reason that circumcision violates the individual's human rights by denying the male child his ability to make the decision for himself.<ref name="nordicsexologits2013">{{REFdocument
The Nordic Association of Clinical Sexologists (2013) supports the position of the Nordic Association of Ombudsmen who reason that [[circumcision]] violates the individual's [[human rights]] by denying the male child his ability to make the decision for himself.<ref name="nordicsexologits2013">{{REFdocument
  |title=Statement on Non-Therapeutic Circumcision of Boys
  |title=Statement on Non-Therapeutic Circumcision of Boys
  |url=http://nacs.eu/data/press_release001.pdf
  |url=http://nacs.eu/data/press_release001.pdf
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}}</ref>


The medical doctors at Sørland Hospital in Kristiansand, Southern Norway have all refused to perform circumcisions on boys, citing reasons of conscience.<ref>{{REFnews
The medical doctors at [https://sshf.no/ Sørland Hospital] in Kristiansand, Southern Norway have all refused to perform circumcisions on boys, citing reasons of conscience.<ref>{{REFnews
  |first=Solrun F.
  |first=Solrun F.
  |last=Faull
  |last=Faull
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  |date=2016-08-30
  |date=2016-08-30
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


==Human rights==
==Human rights==
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  |last=Aktor
  |last=Aktor
  |first=Mikael
  |first=Mikael
|init=M
  |author-link=Mikael Aktor
  |author-link=Mikael Aktor
|last2=
|first2=
|author2-link=
  |year=2016
  |year=2016
  |title=Whose Rights? The Danish Debate on Ritual Infant Male Circumcision as a Human Rights Issue
  |title=Whose Rights? The Danish Debate on Ritual Infant Male Circumcision as a Human Rights Issue
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===ICCPR===
===ICCPR===
Norway ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 1972.
Norway ratified the ''[[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]]'' (ICCPR) in 1972.


====Article two====
====Article two====
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Norway has covenanted to provide protection of these rights.<ref name="iccpr1967">{{REFdocument
Norway has covenanted to provide protection of these rights.<ref name="iccpr1967">{{REFdocument
  |title=International Covenant on Civil and Political Right
  |title=International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
  |url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Treaties/1976/03/19760323%2006-17%20AM/Ch_IV_04.pdf
  |url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Treaties/1976/03/19760323%2006-17%20AM/Ch_IV_04.pdf
  |contribution=
  |contribution=
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  |publisher=United Nations
  |publisher=United Nations
  |format=PDF
  |format=PDF
  |date=1967
  |date=1966
  |accessdate=2020-10-05
  |accessdate=2020-10-05
}}</ref>
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</blockquote>
</blockquote>
This means that all children, male and female, and regardless of parental religious views, shall enjoy the same human rights.
This means that all children, male and female, and regardless of parental religious views, shall enjoy the same [[human rights]].


====Article twelve====
====Article twelve====
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Norway has ''not'' fulfilled its several promises to protect the human rights of boys.
Norway has ''not'' fulfilled its several promises to protect the [[human rights]] of boys.
 
==Circumcision death in Norway==
 
A two-week-old boy died of [[Risks and complications| complications]] of [[circumcision]] after he was [[circumcised]] in a doctor's office on the east side of Oslo. County medical officer, Peter Schou, confirms that the baby died of complications following circumcision. "We have created a formal supervision against two unnamed doctors," said Schou.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=http://www.savingsons.org/2012/05/2-week-old-baby-dies-from-circumcision.html
|title=2 Week Old Baby Dies From Circumcision in Norway
|last=
|first=
|date=2012-05
|accessdate=2021-03-11
}}</ref>
 
Infant [[circumcision]] is a non-theraputic [[amputation]] of the multi-functional [[foreskin]] that has no medical benefit.


==Recent developments==
==Recent developments==
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The percentage of [[circumcised]] males in Norway (prevalence) is reported to be 3%.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://circstatistics.github.io/
|title=Global Circumcision Statistics and Estimates
|last=
|first=
|init=
|publisher=https://circstatistics.github.io
|date=2024-04-01
|accessdate=2024-04-01
}}</ref>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Intakt Norden]]
* [[Intakt Norge]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/cultures-that-reject-circumcision/
|title=Cultures That Reject Circumcision—And Why They’re Right
|last=Alissa
|first=Kristel
|init=
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-02-23
|accessdate=2025-05-08
}}
{{REF}}
{{REF}}
[[Category:Circumcision]]
[[Category:Male circumcision]]
[[Category:Country]]


[[Category:Norway]]
[[Category:Norway]]
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