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==Human rights==
===United Nations multi-lateral human rights treaties===
The Netherlands signed the ''International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights'' (ICCPR) on 25 June 1969 and formally ratified the ICCPR treaty on 20 May 1978.<ref name="ratstatus">{{REFweb
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}}</ref> Article 2 of the ICCPR requires the Netherlands to apply and enforce the provisions of the ICCPR within its territory. See [[Human_rights#Application_of_the_ICCPR_to_non-therapeutic_circumcision_of_children| Application of the ICCPR to non-therapeutic circumcision of children]] for detailed information on the rights applicable to non-therapeutic circumcision of children.
The Netherlands signed the ''Convention on the Rights of the Child'' (CRC) on 26 January 1990 an formally ratified the CRC treaty on 6 February 1995.<ref name="ratstatus" /> Article 2 of the CRC require the Netherlands to respect and ensure the rights specified in the CRC to each child within its jurisdiction. See [[Human_rights#Application_of_the_CRC_to_non-therapeutic_circumcision_of_children| Application of the CRC to non-therapeutic circumcision of children]] for detailed information on the rights applicable to non-therapeutic circumcision of children.
===Council of Europe===
The Netherlands became a founder-member of the [https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal Council of Europe] on 5 May 1949 and therefore subject to the [https://rm.coe.int/1680a2353d ''European Convention on Human Rights''] (1950). Under that ''Convention'' the Netherlands may be sued in the [https://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=home&c European Court of Human Rights] (Strasbourg) for alleged human rights violations.