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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 [UN 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:
''We declare'' that consistent with the Right of Genital Autonomy the only person who may consent to medically unnecessary genital modification and other irreversible reproductive interventions is:
* in the case of a person who is competent to give free and [[informed consent]], being fully informed about the nature, the risks and benefits of the intervention – the person undergoing the intervention; and* in the case of an incompetent person including a young child – only a properly constituted public authority or tribunal appointed to balance the [[human rights ]] and the best interests of the person after considering the views of family members, professionals, and an independent advocate for the person.
''We recognize'' the fundamental right of parents and guardians to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. Those rights of parents and guardians are not absolute, they are limited by the same fundamental [[human rights ]] of others, in particular, their children.
''We declare'' that healthy genital and reproductive organs are natural, normal, functional parts of the human body. Governments and healthcare providers have a duty to educate parents and children about non-invasive hygiene, care of genital and reproductive organs, and to explain their anatomical and physiological development and function.
<small>Adopted by the General Assembly of the [[Twelfth International Symposium| 12th International Symposium on Law, Genital Autonomy & Children’s Rights]], Helsinki, [[Finland]], 3 October 2012.</small>
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