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==Suits to enforce and protect Constitutional and human rights==
While this will vary from country to country, Non-therapeutic circumcision of male infants violates various constitutional and [[human rights]]. The [[Cologne circumcision court judgment]] (''Köln Oberlandgerict'') found in May 2012 that such non-therapeutic circumcision violates the Bill of Rights of Germany's Basic Law (''Grundgesetz'')<ref>LG Köln, 07.05.2012 - 151 Ns 169/11</ref> Lawsuits brought in other nations presumably would reach a similar conclusion.<ref name="bernaerts2014"> {{REFdocument |title=The Cologne Judgment: a curiosity or the start sign for condemning circumcision of male children without their consent as a human rights violation? |url=https://repository.gchumanrights.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11825/161/Bernaerts_2012%EF%80%A213.pdf |contribution= |last=Bernaerts |first=Jonathan Alfons J |publisher=European Commission |format=PDF |date=2014 |accessdate=2021-11-22}}</ref>
Such lawsuits are mostly theoretical at this time.