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Aktor (2016) believes Norway eventually will ban non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.<ref>{{REFbook
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|title=The Danish Debate on Ritual Infant Male Circumcision as a Human Rights Issue
|url=https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/publications/whose-rights-the-danish-debate-on-ritual-infant-male-circumcision
|work= Contemporary Views on Comparative Religion: In Celebration of Tim Jensen's 65th Birthday
|editor=Antes P, Geertz AW, Rothstein M, editors
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[[File:Flag of Norway.svg|thumb|150px|Flag of Norway]]
'''Norway''' is a constitutional monarchy. The parliament is called the ''Storting''. It has 169 seats.
==Nordic view of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.==
Norway is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor child circumcision.
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
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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
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The medical doctors at [https://sshf.no/ Sørland Hospital ] in Kristiansand, Southern Norway have all refused to perform circumcisions on boys, citing reasons of conscience.<ref>{{REFnews
|first=Solrun F.
|last=Faull
|date=2016-08-30
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==Human rights==
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|first=Mikael
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|author-link=Mikael Aktor
|year=2016
|title=Whose Rights? The Danish Debate on Ritual Infant Male Circumcision as a Human Rights Issue
===ICCPR===
Norway ratified the ''[[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ]]'' (ICCPR) in 1972.
====Article two====
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Norway has covenanted to provide protection of these rights.<ref name="iccpr1967">{{REFdocument
|title=International Covenant on Civil and Political RightRights
|url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Treaties/1976/03/19760323%2006-17%20AM/Ch_IV_04.pdf
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|date=19671966
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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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Norway has ''not'' fulfilled its several promises to protect the [[human rights ]] of boys.
==Circumcision death in Norway==
A two-week-old boy died of [[Risks and complications | complications]] of [[circumcision ]] after he was [[circumcised ]] in a doctor's office on the east side of Oslo. County medical officer, Peter Schou, confirms that the baby died of complications following circumcision. "We have created a formal supervision against two unnamed doctors," said Schou.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=http://www.savingsons.org/2012/05/2-week-old-baby-dies-from-circumcision.html
|title=2 Week Old Baby Dies From Circumcision in Norway
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Infant [[circumcision]] is a non-theraputic [[amputation ]] of the multi-functional [[foreskin]] that has no medical benefit.
==Recent developments==
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The percentage of [[circumcised]] males in Norway (prevalence) is reported to be 3%.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://circstatistics.github.io/
|title=Global Circumcision Statistics and Estimates
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|date=2024-04-01
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{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Intakt Norden]]
* [[Intakt Norge]]
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[[Category:Norway]]
[[Category:Circumcision]]
[[Category:Male circumcision]]