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However, many (adult) supporters of circumcision believe that removing the healthy [[foreskin]] from the healthy [[penis]] of a healthy boy (often enough without anesthesia or even anesthesia) is not a physical injury. In addition, it is often argued that something is allowed if it is not forbidden ''explicitly''. However, if, for example, bodily harm is explicitly forbidden, but genital mutilation as a type of bodily harm is ''only'' forbidden implicitly, it is difficult to derive permission from this.

As of 24 August 2021, 196 countries are party to it, including every member of the United Nations except the United States.

* [[Art. 2 UN-CRC]] - Respect for children's rights; Prohibition of discrimination

* [[Art. 3 UN-CRC]] - Well-being of the child

* [[Art. 6 UN-CRC]] - Right to live

* [[Art. 18 UN-CRC]] - Responsibility for the best interests of the child

* [[Art. 19 UN-CRC]] - Protection against the use of force, abuse, neglect

* [[Art. 24 UN-CRC]] - Health care

=== Denmark ===

In Denmark, a bill was suggested in 2018 raising the minimum age for non-medical [[circumcision]] to 18 years. Previously, a petition<ref>[https://www.borgerforslag.dk/se-og-stoet-forslag/?Id=FT-00124 Danish petition against MGM]</ref> had produced the 50,000 votes required for a hearing in parliament.

The German Constitution (''Grundgesetz'', GG) speaks out clearly against the fact that the genitals of children may be modified without medical indication. The relevant articles are:

On [[12.12.2012]] the German government anchored a law in the German Civil Code (BGB) that in principle allows parents  [[MGM|to mutilate]] the genitals of their underage boys. The law represents a foreign body in German legislation and a "fall into sin of the constitutional state"<ref>https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/staatsrechtler-beschneidung-von-jungen-ist-religioeses.694.de.html?dram:article_id=218490</ref>  (Prof. em. [[Reinhard Merkel]]). Similar to Sweden, the so-called [[Mohel clause]] were used to revive the basic rights led to absurdity.

=== Sweden ===

The Swiss Federal Constitution (''Bundesverfassung'', BV) is clearly against the fact that the genitals of children may be modified without medical indication. The relevant articles are:

In March 2018, the chairman of the [[[Pro Kinderrechte Schweiz]] ''(Pro Children's Rights Switzerland)'' association, Christoph Geissbühler, published an extensive ''"Legal assessment of genital circumcision of boys on the basis of medical facts"''<ref>[http://www.pro-kinderrechte.ch/site/assets/files/1031/rechtliche_beurteilung_auf_der_grundlage_medizinischer_fakten-2018.pdf Legal Assessment of Genital Circumcision of Boys on the Basis of Medical Facts], PDF, as of 2018-08</ref>. It notes that in Switzerland previously there were mainly four legal assessments on the amputation of the foreskin in healthy boys, although the authors would have assessed the legal situation differently. What all articles have in common, however, is that they hardly take medical facts into account for their own legal assessments and that they sometimes even misrepresent them. The goal achieved by the association was to finally adequately consider the medical facts for the legal assessment.