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The so-called '''Cologne circumcision court judgment''' means a judgment<ref>http://dejure.org/dienste/vernetzung/rechtsprechung?Gericht=LG%20K%F6ln&Datum=07.05.2012&Aktenzeichen=151%20Ns%20169/11</ref> issued by the regional court of Cologne (Germany) on May 07, 2012 in the second instance. The court considered [[circumcision]] a bodily injury, which will not be justified by a religious motivation and the desire of the parents and is not in the best interests of the child.
Underlaying the following case: On November 4, 2010 a muslim Muslim doctor circumcised an at the time four years old boy of Muslim parents at their request on the rules of medical art in his practice. Strong haemorrhage resulted in that the mother brought the boy on November 6, 2010, in the University Hospital of Cologne, where the bleeding could be stopped. The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' reported that the treatment after the [[circumcision]] was carried out "in general anestesia". The boy had come for several days in a children's ward. Three dressing changes have also taken place in anesthesia. The doctor's letter also states the exposed [[penis]]surface and the [[Glans penis|glans]] are "uneven, corroded and fibrinous". The boy had been for ten days in clinical treatment over all.<ref>http://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/beschneidungs-urteil-des-landgerichts-koeln-vierjaehriger-junge-war-mehrfach-in-narkose-1.1412621</ref>
Although the offense of assault was found, the doctor was acquitted due to lack of case law on the subject of the present [[circumcision]], because he had acted in an unavoidable mistake and therefore without guilt (§ 17 sentence 1 Criminal Code).