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Council of Europe under pressure to reconsider its resolution condemning male circumcision
Posted: Wed, 18 Dec 2013
According to a report in the Times of Israel, the Council of Europe is to revisit last October's resolution which stated that the ritual circumcision of young boys violates their basic human rights. Read More »
Nordic children’s ombudsmen take historic step to protect children’s rights
Posted: Tue, 01 Oct 2013
Yesterday, during a meeting in Oslo, Nordic ombudsmen for children, Nordic paediatricians, and paediatric surgeons agreed a resolution urging their national governments to work for a ban on non-therapeutic circumcision. Read More »
Swedish Ombudsman calls for ban on circumcision
Posted: Mon, 30 Sep 2013
The Swedish Ombudsman for Children has written to a newspaper calling for the country to outlaw the circumcision of boys. Read More »
Secular Medical Forum challenges Ed Miliband’s support for religious circumcision
Posted: Mon, 11 Mar 2013
The Secular Medical Forum has condemned Ed Miliband's recent support for the ritual genital cutting of children and called on the labour leader to rethink his stance on the issue. Read More »
Sheffield hospitals plan to charge for non-medical circumcision
Posted: Thu, 10 Jan 2013
NHS Sheffield's Clinical Commissioning Group has proposed to make families who want their sons to undergo non-medical male circumcision pay for the procedure. Each operation costs about £1,000. Read More »
Swiss and Austrian hospitals suspend religious circumcision procedures
Posted: Wed, 25 Jul 2012
Two Swiss hospitals have suspended the performance of infant circumcision, after the ruling of a German court in Cologne which said that religious circumcision was likely to be illegal because it infringed the rights of the child. Read More »
International controversy rages over German ban on circumcision
Posted: Fri, 20 Jul 2012
The court decision in Germany that held that circumcision, carried out for religious — as opposed to medical — reasons, is potentially harmful has been fiercely opposed by religious interests, putting pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel. Read More »
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