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==International human rights law in the United Kingdom==
===United Nations multi-lateral human rights treaties===
The UK signed the ''[https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CCPR.aspx International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]'' (ICCPR) on 16 September 1968 and formally ratified the ICCPR treaty on 11 December 1968.<ref name="ratstatus">{{REFweb
|url=https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?CountryID=185
|archived=
}}</ref> Article 2 of the ICCPR requires the UK 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 UK signed the ''[https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx Convention on the Rights of the Child]'' (CRC) on 19 April 1990 an formally ratified the CRC treaty on 16 December 1991.<ref name="ratstatus" /> Article 2 of the CRC require the UK 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.
===Human Rights Act 1998===
The United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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.