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=== 1998 ===
=== 1998 ===
* Jacqueline Smith (1998), of the [https://www.uu.nl/en/research/netherlands-institute-of-human-rights-sim Netherlands Institute of Human Rights], has examined non-therapeutic circumcision of male children in the light of international human rights law.
* Jacqueline Smith (1998), of the [https://www.uu.nl/en/research/netherlands-institute-of-human-rights-sim Netherlands Institute of Human Rights], has examined non-therapeutic circumcision of male children in the light of international [[human rights]] law.
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=== 2016 ===
=== 2016 ===
* Professor Paul McLaughlin (2016) discusses conflicts between non-therapeutic child circumcision practice and the international law of human rights.
* Professor Paul McLaughlin (2016) discusses conflicts between non-therapeutic child circumcision practice and the international law of [[human rights]].
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* [[J. Steven Svoboda|Svoboda]], [[Peter W. Adler|Adler]], and [[Robert S. Van Howe|Van Howe]] point out that physicians have a legal duty to protect children from unnecessary interventions. They suggest that under existing United States law and international human rights declarations as well, circumcision already violates boys´ absolute rights to equal protection, bodily integrity, autonomy, and freedom to choose their own religion.
* [[J. Steven Svoboda|Svoboda]], [[Peter W. Adler|Adler]], and [[Robert S. Van Howe|Van Howe]] point out that physicians have a legal duty to protect children from unnecessary interventions. They suggest that under existing United States law and international [[human rights]] declarations as well, circumcision already violates boys´ absolute rights to equal protection, bodily integrity, autonomy, and freedom to choose their own religion.
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{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Human rights| International Human Rights Law]]
* [[Human rights|International Human Rights Law]]


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