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'''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">{{REFdocument |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>
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
|accessdate=2020-11-03
}}[] Tuesday, 1 October 2013</ref>
==Nordic position==
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
==Human rights==
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/portalCouncil of Europe], Finland is subject to the ''European Convention on Human Rights''<ref>{{REFdocument