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This means that a child may express his or her religious views, even though those views may differ from those of his or her parents. This includes views related to male or female circumcision.
===Article nineteen===
Article nineteen provides:
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1. States Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child.
2. Such protective measures should, as appropriate, include effective procedures for the establishment of social programmes to provide necessary support for the child and for those who have the care of the child, as well as for other forms of prevention and for identification, reporting, referral, investigation, treatment and follow-up of instances of child maltreatment described heretofore, and, as appropriate, for judicial involvement.
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Non-therapeutic male circumcision of male children have both been shown to cause great physical harm in the loss of the [[foreskin]] and its many protective, immunological, sexual, and sensory physiological [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| functions]]. We now know that male circumcision causes [[Sexual effects of circumcision| sexual]], and [[Psychological issues of male circumcision| mental harm]] to its victims. Furthermore, the sexual and mental harm of non-therapeutic male circumcision is now well documented.
States, which are parties to this Convention, have a duty to protect children from such harm.
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