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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.
==Specific children's rights applicable to non-therapeutic circumcision==
The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the ''Convention on the Rights of the Child'' (CRC) on 20 November 1989.<ref>{{REFdocument
|title=Convention on the Rights of the Child
|language=
|date=1989-11-20
|accessdate=2019-11-06
}}</ref>The CRC does not replace the ICCPR, which had been previously adopted by the General Assembly. The ICCPR already provides certain rights to children. The CRC adds additional rights that children need for protection due their vulnerability. The two documents must be read together to receive the complete picture. Unfortunately, many seem to believe that rights provided by the CRC are the only human rights of children, but that view is incorrect.
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