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* '''Tuomas Kurttila''' is the Ombudsman for Children in Finland. Kurttila holds a Master’s Degree in Administrative Sciences and Theology. Tuomas, born in 1978, has earlier worked at the Ministry of Education as the General Secretary of the Finland’s Advisory Council for Youth Affairs and before starting in his current position as the Executive Director of Finnish Parents’ League. He is a long-time member of the Advisory Council for Children’s Affairs, which supports the Ombudspersons for Children in his or her work. As Ombudsperson for Children, Tuomas has proposed a legislation that forbids the circumcision of boys for non-medical reasons. The Ombudsperson has proposed the initiative to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Currently, the circumcision of underage boys is regulated by a ministerial guideline but not by legislation. According to Kurttila, ministerial guidelines are not sufficient regulatory means since parents are not obliged to ask the children their opinion about circumcision in the current guidelines: the guidelines do not require the explicit consent of the child regarding the measure even though the child is unable to understand the significance of circumcision. According to Kurttila, every child’s right to physical integrity in the country has to be safeguarded. The Ombudsperson for Children in Finland reports annually to the government on the welfare of children and youth and the implementation of their rights. The annual report covers the activities of the Ombudsperson, the implementation of children’s rights, the development of child welfare, and shortcomings in legislation.
* '''[[Antony Lempert]]''', a GP partner in a rural Welsh border practice, has coordinated and chaired the UK Secular Medical Forum (SMF) since 2008. The SMF campaigns to protect patients from the imposition of other people’s personal beliefs in many areas of medicine, including forced genital cutting. Antony was the GP member of the Powys Local Safeguarding Children’s Board until it reconfigured in 2014. Since 2009, he has attended and spoken regularly at the BMA’s Annual Representatives Meeting and was elected chair of the Shropshire division of the BMA in January 2016. In 2012, Antony was invited to Geneva where he met with the chair and deputy chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC) to discuss ritual male circumcision. He has spoken in Brussels at the European Parliament Platform for Secularism in Politics about women’s sexual health rights, has acted as an expert witness in a High Court right to die case and has participated in regular debates, including on radio and television. Powys, Wales.
* '''[[Brendon Marotta]]''' is an award-winning filmmaker from Austin, TX, and a graduate of the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts Film School. The last feature he edited premiered at the Austin Film Festival where it won the Audience Award. For the latest on his current project [[American Circumcision]], visit CircumcisionMovie.com. Austin, {{USSC|TX}}, USA.