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==Legal matters==
===Development of circumcision law===
The relevant statutes are the [http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/UKlaw/oap1861/ Offences Against the Person Act (1861)] and the [https://www.swarb.co.uk/acts/1933CaYPAct.shtml Children and Young Persons Act 1933].
===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.