Tirsdag den 1. oktober vil stå som en historisk dag for børns rettigheder. Gennem vedtagelsen af en resolution tirsdag aften, har Europarådet har gjort det klokkeklart: Kønslemlæstelse af både drenge og piger er en menneskerettighedskrænkelse.
Europarådet, der repræsenterer 47 medlemslande og over 800 millioner borgere opfordrer til, at alle medlemslande skrider ind med lovgivning mod enhver form for overgreb mod børns fysiske integritet, inklusiv drengeomskæring, og udtaler:
”Despite the committed legislative and policy measures which have been taken by Council of Europe member States to protect children from physical, sexual and mental violence, they continue to be harmed in many different contexts. One category is particularly worrisome, namely violations of the physical integrity of children which supporters tend to present as beneficial to the children themselves despite evidently negative life-long consequences in many cases: female genital mutilation, the circumcision of young boys for religious reasons, medical interventions during the early childhood of intersex children Læs resten “Pressemeddelelse: Europarådet kræver omskæringsforbud”