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===Human Rights Act 1998===
===Human Rights Act 1998===
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 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&c European Court of Human Rights] (Strasbourg) for alleged human rights violations.


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