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[[File:Flag_of_Finland.svg|thumb|150px|right|Flag of Finland]]'''Finland''' is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor non-medical child circumcision. Finland is a republic with a 200-member unicameral parliament.<ref name="constitution2018">{{Construction SiteREFdocument |title=The Constitution of Finland |url=https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/constitution-of-finland |contribution= |last= |first= |publisher=Ministry of Justice |format=PDF |date=2018 |accessdate=2020-11-05}}</ref>

'''Finland''' is a ==Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor non-medical child circumcision.position==

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

The Constitution of Finland has a strong Bill of Rights in Chapter 2 — Basic rights and liberties. Section Seven states:<blockquote>Everyone has the right to life, personal liberty, integrity and security. No one shall be sentenced to death, tortured or otherwise treated in a manner violating human dignity.  The personal integrity of the individual shall not be violated, nor shall anyone be deprived of liberty arbitrarily or without a reason prescribed by an Act. A penalty involving deprivation of liberty may be imposed only by a court of law. The lawfulness of other cases of deprivation of liberty may be submitted for review by a court of law. The rights of individuals deprived of their liberty shall be guaranteed by an Act.<ref name="constitution2018" /></blockquote> Finland became the 23rd member State of the [https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/home Council of Europe] on 5 May 1989.<ref>[https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/finland Finland // 47 Etats, one Europe]</ref>As a member of the [https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal Council of Europe], Finland is subject to the ''European Convention on Human Rights''<ref>{{REFdocument |title=European Convention on Human Rights |url=https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Convention_ENG.pdf |contribution= |last= |first= |publisher=Council of Europe |format=PDF |date=1950 |accessdate=2020-11-04}}</ref> and is pledged to advance the enumerated rights in its territory. It may be sued in the [https://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=homejk European Court of Human Rights] for violations of its duty. The Right to ''Security of Person'' is provided by Article Five of the ECHR. Resolution no. 1952 (2013) 'Children's right to physical integrity'<ref name="resolution1952">{{REFdocument |title=Children's right to physical integrity |url=http://semantic-pace.net/tools/pdf.aspx?doc=aHR0cDovL2Fzc2VtYmx5LmNvZS5pbnQvbncveG1sL1hSZWYvWDJILURXLWV4dHIuYXNwP2ZpbGVpZD0yMDE3NCZsYW5nPUVO&xsl=aHR0cDovL2Fzc2VtYmx5LmNvZS5pbnQvbncveG1sL3hzbC1mby9QZGYvWFJlZi1XRC1BVC1YTUwyUERGLnhzbA==&xsltparams=ZmlsZWlkPTIwMTc0 |contribution= |last= |first= |publisher=Parliamentary Assembly |format=PDF |date=2013-10-01 |accessdate=2020-11-05}}</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 initiative of the German SPD politician [[Marlene Rupprecht]]. The resolution includes other topics such as the [[FGM|female genital mutilation]], the [[MGM|male circumcision]] for religious reasons, and the submission or coercion of a child to piercings, tattoos or cosmetic surgery. The resolution calls on all member States to "''examine the prevalence of different categories of non-medically justified operations and interventions impacting on the physical integrity of children in their respective countries, as well as the specific practices related to them, and to carefully consider them in light of the best interests of the child in order to define specific lines of action for each of them; initiate focused awareness-raising measures for each of these categories of violation of the physical integrity of children, to be carried out in the specific contexts where information may best be conveyed to families, such as the medical sector (hospitals and individual practitioners), schools, religious communities or service providers; [...].''" This first resolution of its kind by a European institution is not legally binding, but an important signal for further debate and action. It shifts the approach of the point of view of the topic from the current medical domain towards a [[human rights]] approach and identifies the right to bodily integrity, autonomy and self-determination. It calls the for the end of non-therapeutic cosmetic medical and surgical interventions.

Four boys in Finland were hospitalized after being [[circumcised ]] by a visiting Muslim doctor. One of the boys had gangrene in his [[penis]], but it apparently was successfully treated in hospital. An African-born doctor visiting Kuopio last week performed the operation on seven Muslim boys. The youngest was just three months old, and the oldest were about ten.<ref>{{REFnews

The [https://stm.fi/en/ministry Ministry of Social Affairs and Health] and the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities sent a letter to Finnish university hospitals in 2003 to urge them to perform non-medical circumcisions, however some doctors have refused to perform the operation, saying that it violates the [[physical integrity ]] of the child.<ref>{{REFnews

The [https://www.lskl.fi/english/ Central Union for Child Welfare] in Finland issued a position statement on male [[circumcision ]] in 2003. The statement said "circumcision of boys that violates the personal integrity of the boys is not acceptable unless it is done for medical reasons to treat an illness."<ref>{{REFdocument

A Muslim mother had been charged with assault after she had her four-year-old son [[circumcised]]. The trial court ruled that the [[circumcision ]] of the boy was illegal.<ref>{{REFnews

The [https://www.greens.fi/Finnish Green League] voted in 2012 to seek the phase-out of non-medical male [[circumcision ]] of boys by law.<ref>{{REFnews

The [https://bridgewww.georgetownperussuomalaiset.edufi/researchkielisivu/factsheetin-english/ Finns Party] (''Perussuomalaiset'', or PS), formerly known as the-finns-party/ True Finns], Finland's third largest political party, proposed banning non-medical [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcision ]] in October 2012.<ref>{{REFnews

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