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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 [https://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=home&cEuropean 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], so violations of human rights law could be litigated in the domestic courts of the UK.

Certain parts of the Convention seems applicable to the non-therapeutic circumcision of minor boys:

~~A certain part~~ of the Convention seems applicable to the circumcision of minor boys;

* Article 3: Freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment

* Article 5: Everyone has a right to liberty and security of person.

Nevertheless, no cases have applied international human rights law to the practice of non-therapeutic child circumcision in the UK.

The case of A v. United Kingdom (1998) involved the beating of a child with a garden cane. The court ruled:

States required to take measures designed to ensure individuals not ill-treated in breach of Article 3 by other private individuals – children entitled to protection, through effective deterrence, against such treatment.<ref>{{REFdocument

|title=A. v United Kingdom. [1998] 2 FLR 959

|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/A_v_UK1998/

|contribution=

|last=

|first=

|publisher=Circumcision Reference Library

|format=

|date=1998

|accessdate=2021-09-07

}}</ref>

</blockquote>

Nevertheless, no known cases have applied international human rights law specifically to the practice of non-therapeutic child circumcision in the UK.

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], so violations of human rights law could be litigated in the domestic courts of the UK.

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 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 [https://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=home&cEuropean 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], so violations of human rights law could be litigated in the domestic courts of the UK.
+Certain parts of the Convention seems applicable to the non-therapeutic circumcision of minor boys:
-A certain part of the Convention seems applicable to the circumcision of minor boys;
 * Article 3: Freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment
 * Article 5: Everyone has a right to liberty and security of person.
-Nevertheless, no cases have applied international human rights law to the practice of non-therapeutic child circumcision in the UK.
+The case of A v. United Kingdom (1998) involved the beating of a child with a garden cane. The court ruled:
+<blockquote>
+ States required to take measures designed to ensure individuals not ill-treated in breach of Article 3 by other private individuals – children entitled to protection, through effective deterrence, against such treatment.<ref>{{REFdocument
+ |title=A. v United Kingdom. [1998] 2 FLR 959
+ |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/A_v_UK1998/
+ |contribution=
+ |last=
+ |first=
+ |publisher=Circumcision Reference Library
+ |format=
+ |date=1998
+ |accessdate=2021-09-07
+}}</ref>
+</blockquote>
+Nevertheless, no known cases have applied international human rights law specifically to the practice of non-therapeutic child circumcision in the UK.
+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], so violations of human rights law could be litigated in the domestic courts of the UK.
 {{REF}}
 [[Category:UK]]