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Dr. [[Arif Bhimji]] (2000) applied international [[human rights]] law and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to the practice of non-therapeutic child circumcision. He concluded:
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Circumcision of male infants is a clear violation of the rights guaranteed to all persons by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Furthermore, the practice contravenes human rights legislation on provincial and international levels.<ref name="bhimji2000">{{REFjournal
|last=Bhimji
|first=Arif
|init=A
|author-link=Arif Bhimji
|title=Infant Male Circumcision: A violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
|journal=Health Law in Canada Journal (HLCJ)
|date=2000-01
|volume=1
|issue=
|pages=1-33
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/Canada/court1/
|accessdate=2019-11-07
}</ref>
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==Reported incidence of non-therapeutic child circumcision==