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==Non-therapeutic circumcision and Australian law== | ==Non-therapeutic circumcision and Australian law== | ||
Australia is a state-party to the United Nations ''Covenant on Civil and Political Rights'' (1966) and to the United Nations ''Convention on the Rights of the Child'' (1989), both of which provide various [[human rights]] to children, which are violated by non-therapeutic child circumcision. | Australia is a state-party to the United Nations ''[https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CCPR.aspx Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]'' (1966) and to the United Nations ''Convention on the Rights of the Child'' (1989), both of which provide various [[human rights]] to children, which are violated by non-therapeutic child circumcision. | ||
The legality of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys has been considered several times. | The legality of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys has been considered several times. | ||