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==Legal matters==
===Human Rights Act 1998===
The United Kingdom has long been a member of the [https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal Council of Europe] and therefore subject to the [https://rm.coe.int/1680a2353d European Convention on Human Rights]. Under that Convention the United Kingdom may be sued in the European [https://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=home&cEuropean Court of Human Rights ] for alleged human rights violations.
The human rights provisions of the Convention have now been brought into domestic law by the [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/42/contents Human Rights Act 1998], so violations of human rights law could be litigated in the domestic courts of the UK.
A certain part of the Convention seems applicable to the circumcision of minor boys;
* Article 3: Freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment
* Article 5: Everyone has a right to liberty and security of person.
Nevertheless, no action has been instituted against cases have applied international human rights law to the practice of non-therapeutic child circumcision after more than two decadesin the UK.
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