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==Conclusion== | ==Conclusion== | ||
Non-therapeutic circumcision of boys has not received financial support from the government in the Netherlands since 2004. | Non-therapeutic circumcision of boys has not received financial support from the government in the Netherlands since 2004. Parents in the Netherlands who want to have a boy circumcised are free to do so, but must pay out-of-pocket for the service. | ||
Parents in the Netherlands who want to have a boy circumcised are free to do so, but must pay out-of-pocket for the service. | |||
The government has ratified treaties that require protection of the children's rights which are offended by non-therapeutic child circumcision, however boys are not protected while girls receive protection. This clearly is discrimination on the basis of gender and a general failure to support human rights treaty obligations. The government has failed to exercise its duty to protect and care for the physical integrity of boys. | |||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Royal Dutch Medical Association]] | * [[Royal Dutch Medical Association]] | ||