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Articles 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 seven====
Article 7 provides:
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No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation.</blockquote>
====Article nine====
Article 9 provides:
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Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person.
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====Article twenty-four====
Article 24 provides:
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==Application of the CRC to non-therapeutic circumcision of children==
====Article two====
Article two provides in part:
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This means that all children, male and female, and regardless of parental religious views, shall enjoy the same human rights.
====Article twelve====
Article twelve provides:
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This means, with application to non-therapeutic circumcision, that the child, who is capable of expressing an opinion, shall have his views considered.
====Article fourteen====
Article fourteen provides:
This means that a child may express his or her religious views, even though those views may differ from those of his or her parents. This includes views related to male or female circumcision.
====Article nineteen====
Article nineteen provides:
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States, which are parties to this Convention, have a duty to protect children from such harm.
====Article twenty-four====
Article twenty-four has several paragraphs. Paragraph three is of special importance to male circumcision which is a traditional practice that dates back to before the advent of recorded history.
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==Acceptance of international human rights law in the United States of America==
The United States Senate ratified the ICCPR in 1992, but it doing so, it took an extraordinary number of reservations, understandings, and declarations. With these reservations, the ICCPR does not provide a cause for action in United States Courts.<ref>{REFdocument
|title=U.S. Reservations to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Credibility Maximization and Global Influence
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