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The practice of non-therapeutic circumcision, which is rooted in antiquity, and started in the 19th century for alleged medical reasons, predates the inauguration of the human rights era in 1945. The advent of and recognition of human rights for all (including patients) has profoundly altered medical ethics and the acceptability of non-therapeutic child circumcision.
Children, unlike adults possess two sets of human rights.UNICEF says:<blockquote>Children and young people have the same general human rights as adults and also specific rights that recognize their special needs. Children are neither the property of their parents nor are they helpless objects of charity. They are human beings and are the subject of their own rights.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/child-rights-why-they-matter |title=Child rights and why they matter |trans-title= |language= |last= |first= |author-link= |publisher=UNICEF |website= |date= |accessdate=2019-11-05 |format= |quote=}}</ref> </blockquote>
==History==
The era of human rights may be considered to have started with the formation of the United Nations at San Francisco in 1945 because the ''Charter of the United Nations'' requires that body to promote universal respect and observance of human rights for all — without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.<ref>{{REFdocument