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==Legal matters== | ==Legal matters== | ||
===Human Rights Act 1998=== | ===Human Rights Act 1998=== | ||
The United Kingdom has long been a member of the Council of Europe and therefore subject to the European Convention on Human Rights. | The United Kingdom has long been a member of the [https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal Council of Europe] and therefore subject to the [https://rm.coe.int/1680a2353d European Convention on Human Rights]. Under that Convention the United Kingdom may be sued in the European Court of Human Rights for alleged human rights violations. | ||
The human rights provisions of the Convention have now been brought into domestic law by the [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/42/contents Human Rights Act 1998]. | |||
A certain part of the Convention seems applicable to the circumcision of minor boys; | |||
* Article 3: Freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment | |||
Nevertheless, no action has been instituted against non-therapeutic child circumcision after more than two decades. | |||
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[[Category:UK]] | [[Category:UK]] | ||