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<center><big>'''Declaration of Helsinki'''</big></center>
Whereas it is the fundamental and inherent right of each human being to security of the person without regard to age, sex, gender, ethnicity, or religion as articulated in the ''[https://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Documents/UDHR_Translations/eng.pdf Universal Declaration of Human Rights]'', the ''[https://treaties.un.org/doc/Treaties/1976/03/19760323%2006-17%20AM/Ch_IV_04.pdf International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]'', and the ''[https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/crc.pdf Convention on the Rights of the Child]'',
Now we declare the existence of a fundamental right of each human being, a '''''Right of Genital Autonomy''''', that is, the right to:
* protection from medically unnecessary genital modification and their irreversible reproductive interventions.
We call on all States members to the ''[https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/crc.pdf Convention on the Rights of the Child]'' to honor their commitments under that instrument, in particular Articles 2, 12, 14, 19 and 24.
Passed by the General Assembly of the [[Twelfth International Symposium| 12th International Symposium on Law, Genital Autonomy & Children’s Rights]], Helsinki, Finland, 29 September to 3 October 2012.