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The '''Netherlands''', also known informally as '''Holland''', and more properly as '''The Kingdom of the Netherlands'''. The name of the country in Dutch is ''Nederland''. The people are the ''Dutch'' and the language spoken is also ''Dutch''. The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy situated in Europe. It is bordered south by Belgium, east by Germany and t northwest by the North Sea. The nation includes three islands in the Caribbean Sea.
The Netherlands have a population of about 18,000,000 of which about 5 percent are Muslimmigrants.
The Netherlands are strong supporters of [[human rights]].
The Netherlands, unlike the English-speaking nations, has never practiced [[circumcision]] of boys. Circumcision is rare in Holland except among ethnic minorities.
==Human rights==
|publisher=Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM)
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|quote=The right to physical integrity has two components: protection against violation of and offenses against the body by others, thus from outside, and the right to determine over one's own body, the right to self-determination. The right to physical integrity is one of the fundamental civil rights. It is a right to "freedom." The government should therefore refrain from interference. However, the government also has a relevant duty of care, namely the stimulation of a climate in which civil rights can achieve a substantive form.
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==Male circumcision==
When it was learned in 2004 that Dutch Medicare was paying for religious circumcision rather than medical circumcision, the Health Ministry discontinued payments for circumcision. It was learned that 90 percent of the circumcisions covered by Dutch national health insurance was for religious circumcision rather than medical circumcision. Reportedly, about 17,000 circumcisions are carried out per year.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Unkind cut: Dutch medicare halts coverage for male circumcision
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/canadianpress12-17-04/
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|publisher=Canadian Press
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|date=2004-12-17
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