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The '''Council of Europe''' is an international organization founded in the wake of World War II to uphold [[human rights]], democracy and the rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it has 47 member states, with a population of approximately 820 million, and operates with an annual budget of approximately 500 million euros.
Resolution no. 1952 (2013) 'Children's right to bodily integrity'<ref>[http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/X2H-Xref-ViewPDF.asp?FileID=20174&lang=en The final version of the Resolution in English original]</ref> of the Parliament Assembly of the Council of Europe, which includes the issue of physical integrity of intersex children for the first time, was adopted on October 1, 2013 following an iniative of the German SPD politician [[Marlene Rupprecht]].