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== Application of the ICCPR to non-therapeutic circumcision of children == | == Application of the ICCPR to non-therapeutic circumcision of children == | ||
Articles 1, 2, 7, 9, and 24 are applicable to male and female non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of children. | The ICCPR protects male and female, young and old without exception. There is no minimum age. | ||
Articles 1, 2, 7, 9, and 24 are applicable to male and female non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of children. Each nation that is a state-party under the ICCPR, which took effect in 1976, pledges to enforce those rights for its citizens. | |||
=== Article one === | === Article one === | ||
Article one provides in part: | Article one provides in part: | ||
1. All peoples have the right of self-determination, | 1. All peoples have the right of self-determination, "By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. | ||
''IntactiWiki non-binding comment:'' | ''IntactiWiki non-binding comment:'' | ||
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''IntactiWiki non-binding comment:'' | ''IntactiWiki non-binding comment:'' | ||
: Security of person is the right to bodily integrity. Bodily integrity is compromised when part of the penis is amputated, so non-therapeutic circumcision of non-consenting children violates this provision of international law. | : Security of person is the right to bodily integrity. Bodily integrity is compromised when part of the [[penis]] is amputated, so non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of non-consenting children violates this provision of international law. | ||
=== Article twenty-four === | === Article twenty-four === | ||
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''IntactiWiki non-binding comment:'' | ''IntactiWiki non-binding comment:'' | ||
: When a child is denied protection from harmful, tissue-removing, non-therapeutic circumcision, this right is violated. | : When a child is denied protection from harmful, tissue-removing, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]], this right is violated. | ||
== Application in the United States == | == Application in the United States == | ||