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When this practice is followed, the child's human rights are honored and respected.

==Council of Europe==

The [https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/home Council of Europe] is an international organization of 47 European member-states whose goal is to promote human rights in Europe.

With regard to child genital cutting, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution on 1 October 2013.

Resolution 1952 called on member-states to:

7.1. examine the prevalence of different categories of non-medically justified operations and interventions impacting on the physical integrity of children in their respective countries, as well as the specific practices related to them, and to carefully consider them in light of the best interests of the child in order to define specific lines of action for each of them;

7.2. initiate focused awareness-raising measures for each of these categories of violation of the physical integrity of children, to be carried out in the specific contexts where information may best be conveyed to families, such as the medical sector (hospitals and individual practitioners), schools,religious communities or service providers;

7.3. provide specific training, including on the risks of and alternatives to certain procedures, as well as the medical reasons and minimum sanitary conditions that should be fulfilled when performing them, to various professionals involved, in particular medical and educational staff, but also, on a voluntary basis, religious representatives;

7.4. initiate a public debate, including intercultural and interreligious dialogue, aimed at reaching a large consensus on the rights of children to protection against violations of their physical integrity according to human rights standards;

7.5. take the following measures with regard to specific categories of violation of children’s physical integrity:

7.5.1. publicly condemn the most harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation, and pass legislation banning these, thus providing public authorities with the mechanisms to prevent and effectively fight these practices, including through the application of extraterritorial “legislative or other measures to establish jurisdiction” for cases where nationals are submitted to female genital mutilation abroad, as specified in Article 44 of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence(CETS No. 210);

7.5.2. clearly define the medical, sanitary and other conditions to be ensured for practices which are today widely carried out in certain religious communities, such as the non-medicallyjustified circumcision of young boys;

7.5.3. undertake further research to increase knowledge about the specific situation of intersex people, ensure that no-one is subjected to unnecessary medical or surgical treatment that is cosmetic rather than vital for health during infancy or childhood, guarantee bodily integrity, autonomy and self-determination to persons concerned, and provide families with intersexchildren with adequate counselling and support;

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7.6. promote interdisciplinary dialogue between representatives of various professions, including medical doctors and religious representatives, so as to overcome some of the prevailing traditional methods which do not take into consideration the best interest of the child and the latest medical techniques.

7.7. raise awareness about the need to ensure the participation of children in decisions concerning their physical integrity wherever appropriate and possible, and to adopt specific legal provisions to ensure that certain operations and practices will not be carried out before a child is old enough to be consulted.<ref name="cepa1952">{{REFdocument

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 When this practice is followed, the child's human rights are honored and respected.
+==Council of Europe==
+The [https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/home Council of Europe] is an international organization of 47 European member-states whose goal is to promote human rights in Europe.
+With regard to child genital cutting, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution on 1 October 2013.
+Resolution 1952 called on member-states to:
+<blockquote>
+.1.  examine  the   prevalence  of   different  categories  of   non-medically  justified  operations  and interventions impacting on  the  physical integrity of  children in their   respective countries, as  well   as  the specific practices related to them, and to carefully consider them in light of the best interests of the child in order to define specific lines of action for each of them;
+.2.  initiate focused awareness-raising measures for  each   of  these    categories of  violation of  the physical integrity of  children, to  be  carried out in the  specific contexts where information may best be conveyed  to families, such as  the  medical sector (hospitals and individual  practitioners), schools,religious communities or service providers;
+.3.  provide specific training, including on  the  risks   of  and   alternatives to  certain procedures, as  well as the medical reasons and minimum sanitary conditions that should be fulfilled when performing them, to  various professionals involved, in particular medical and   educational staff, but also, on a voluntary basis, religious representatives;
+.4.  initiate a public debate, including intercultural and interreligious dialogue, aimed at  reaching a large consensus on the rights of children to protection against violations of their    physical integrity according to human rights standards;
+.5.  take the  following measures with   regard    to  specific categories of  violation of  children’s physical integrity:
+<blockquote>
+.5.1.  publicly condemn the  most harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation, and pass   legislation banning these, thus providing public authorities with the mechanisms to  prevent and    effectively  fight    these     practices,  including  through the application of extraterritorial “legislative or  other measures to  establish jurisdiction” for cases where nationals are submitted to female  genital mutilation  abroad, as specified  in Article 44 of  the Council  of Europe Convention on Preventing and  Combating  Violence  against  Women  and Domestic  Violence(CETS No. 210);
+.5.2.  clearly define the medical, sanitary and other  conditions to  be ensured for  practices which are today widely carried out in certain religious communities, such as the non-medicallyjustified circumcision of young boys;
+.5.3.  undertake  further research to  increase  knowledge  about the   specific  situation  of intersex people, ensure that no-one is subjected to  unnecessary medical or  surgical treatment that is cosmetic rather than vital for health during infancy or childhood, guarantee bodily integrity, autonomy and self-determination to persons concerned, and provide families  with    intersexchildren with adequate counselling and support;
+</blockquote>
+.6.  promote interdisciplinary dialogue between representatives of various professions, including medical doctors and religious representatives, so  as  to  overcome some of the prevailing traditional methods which do not take into consideration the best interest of the child  and  the  latest medical techniques.
+.7.  raise awareness about the  need to ensure the participation of children in decisions concerning their physical integrity wherever appropriate and possible, and to adopt specific legal    provisions to ensure that certain operations and practices will not be carried out before a child   is old enough to be consulted.<ref name="cepa1952">{{REFdocument
+ |title=Children’s right to physical integrity
+ |url=http://semantic-pace.net/tools/pdf.aspx?doc=aHR0cDovL2Fzc2VtYmx5LmNvZS5pbnQvbncveG1sL1hSZWYvWDJILURXLWV4dHIuYXNwP2ZpbGVpZD0yMDE3NCZsYW5nPUVO&xsl=aHR0cDovL2Fzc2VtYmx5LmNvZS5pbnQvbncveG1sL3hzbC1mby9QZGYvWFJlZi1XRC1BVC1YTUwyUERGLnhzbA==&xsltparams=ZmlsZWlkPTIwMTc0
+ |contribution=Resolution 1952
+ |last=Parliamentary Assembly
+ |first=
+ |publisher=Council of Europe
+ |format=PDF
+ |date=2013-10-01
+ |accessdate=2020-09-15
+}}</ref>
+</blockquote>
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