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}}</ref> The UDHR recognizes the rights of all to security of the person (Article 3), to freedom from inhuman, cruel, or degrading treatment (Article 5), and the rights of motherhood and childhood to special protection (Article 25.2), all of which are applicable to circumcision.
The General Assembly adopted the ''International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights'' (ICCPR) in 19661967. <ref>{{REFdocument |title=International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Treaties/1976/03/19760323%2006-17%20AM/Ch_IV_04.pdf |contribution= |last= |first= |publisher=United Nations |format= |date=1967 |accessdate=2019-11-04}}</ref> That Covenant, which is international law, has several provisions, which are applicable to the circumcision of children. ==Application of the ICCPR to non-therapeutic circumision of children==
Articles 7, 9, and 24 are applicable to circumcision. Each nation that is a state-party under the ICCPR, which took effect in 1976, pledges to enforce those rights for its citizens.
Article 7 provides:
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No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation.</blockquote>
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