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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:'': Self-determination is the right to decide for one's self. This provides for [[genital autonomy]], which is the right to decide for one's self if one's genitals are to be surgically altered. [[Genital autonomy]] is provided by delaying a non-therapeutic surgical operation on a child until the child is of age at which he or she can decide for one's self.
=== Article two ===
=== Article seven ===
Article 7 ("Degrading treatment") 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>
''IntactiWiki non-binding comment:'' : Non-therapeutic circumcision of children is cruel because it permanently deprives the victim of the optimum sexual function and pleasure for all of his life. It is degrading because it amputates a portion of the penis and renders it less functional.
=== Article nine ===
Article 9 ("Security of person") provides:
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Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person.
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''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.
=== Article twenty-four ===
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''IntactiWiki non-binding comment:'': When a child is denied protection from harmful, tissue-removing, non-therapeutic circumcision, this right is violated.
==Superiority of international treaty law==
The [[ICCPR]] is a multilateral international treaty and is a part of international law. Treaties are superior law to ordinary domestic law, because they contain various commitments made by each state-party. When there is a conflict between domestic law and international treaty law, the treaty law is supreme while the domestic law which is in conflict is without force or effect, or in other words, is nullified.<ref>{{REFdocument
|url=https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/1_1_1969.pdf