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==Nordic view of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.==
Denmark is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor child non-therapeutic [[circumcision]].
Denmark has taken the leading role in challenging the legitimacy of circumcision. In 2003, the country’s Children’s Ombudsman classified circumcision as a violation of children’s rights. In 2008, the National Children’s Council proposed a ban on circumcising all children under the age of fifteen, which would have made the Jewish brit mila a crime.<ref>{{REFjournal
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In 2013, children's ombudsmen from [[Sweden]], [[Norway]], [[Finland]], Denmark, and Iceland, along with the Chair of the Danish Children's Council and the children's spokesperson for Greenland, passed a resolution that emphasized the decision to be circumcised should belong to the individual, who should be able to give [[informed consent]].<ref name="resolution2">{{REFweb
|last=Nordic Association of Children's Ombudsmen
|title=Let the boys decide for themselves
}}[] Tuesday, 1 October 2013</ref>
The Nordic Association of Clinical Sexologists (2013) supports the position of the Nordic Association of Ombudsmen who reason that circumcision violates the individual's [[human rights ]] by denying the male child his ability to make the decision for himself.<ref name="nordicsexologits2013">{{REFdocument
|title=Statement on Non-Therapeutic Circumcision of Boys
|url=http://nacs.eu/data/press_release001.pdf
===ICCPR===
Denmark is a state-party to the ''[[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]]'' (1967).
====Article two====
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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====
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Denmark has ''not'' fulfilled its several promises to protect the [[human rights ]] of boys.
==Medical science==
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[[Morten Frisch]] and Jacob Simonsen (2021) carried out a large scale population study regarding the alleged value of male circumcision in preventing [[HIV]] and other sexually transmitted infection in men. They found that circumcised men have a higher rate of STI and [[HIV]] infection overall than intact men.<ref name="frisch2021">{{REFjournal |last=Frisch |first=Morten |init= |author-link=Morten Frisch |last2=Simonsen |first2=Jacob |init2= |author2-link= |etal=no |title=Non-therapeutic male circumcision in infancy or childhood and risk of human immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted infections: national cohort study in Denmark |trans-title= |language= |journal=Eur J Epidemiol |location= |date=FrischM SimonsenJ 2021-09-26 |volume=Published online ahead of print |issue= |article= |page= |pages= |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-021-00809-6 |pubmedID=34564796 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1007/s10654-021-00809-6 |accessdate=2021-10-20}}</ref>
==Intactivist organizations==
The Danish Association of General Medicine (2014) declared:
<blockquote>The Health Agency has sent 'Guidance on Circumcision of Boys' in consultation. The DSAM's [Board] of Directors has discussed the draft consultation and agree that circumcision may only be performed when there is a [[medical indication ]] for it. If circumcision is performed without a [[medical indication]], it is a case of mutilation.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.arclaw.org/news/danish-doctors-call-circumcision-mutilation
|title=Doctors are now speaking out: circumcision is a violation and should be banned
The [https://www.sum.dk/English.aspx Danish Health Ministry] (2016) announced that, beginning in 2017, all circumcisions, regardless of where they take place, will need to be reported to Denmark’s national patient registry (''Landspatientregistret'').<ref name="danishdoctors2016" />
The percentage of males [[circumcised]] in Denmark (prevalence) is reported to be 5.3%.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://circstatistics.github.io/
|title=Global Circumcision Statistics and Estimates
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|publisher=https://circstatistics.github.io
|date=2024-04-01
|accessdate=2024-04-01
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=== Citizens proposal ===
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Mette Frederiksen, [https://www.stm.dk/ Prime Minister of Denmark], argued that an alleged promise made to Jews in the aftermath of World War II takes precedence over Denmark's clear obligations under international law of [[human rights ]] to protect the [[human rights ]] of its citizens, including boys.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Denmark refuses to ban the ritual circumcision of boys
|url=http://cphpost.dk/?p=118305
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