- Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC) is a non-profit organization, with international attorney affiliates, founded to secure equal protection for, and broaden judicial and public recognition of, children's inherent legal and human rights to physical integrity and self-determination, regardless of gender.
(Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1) Rate It - Circumcision of Healthy Boys: Criminal Assault?
Journal of Law and Medicine, Feb 2000 - Article argues that non-therapeutic circumcision of healthy boys is criminal assault, and that legal action is needed to protect boys from this kind of assault.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Circumcision: Legal Issues
This page describes and indexes legal material relevant to the performance of male circumcision in chronological order of publication. Includes US State Medical Boards section plus information for the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Circumcision: The Legal and Constitutional Issues
by C. Bonner and M. Kinane - Presented at The Second International Symposium on Circumcision, San Francisco, California, 1991, this article discusses the constitutional and legal questions surrounding the practice of circumcision of male minor children in the United States.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Involuntary Circumcision: the Legal Issues
BJU International, 1999 - An in-depth review of circumcision related legal issues including: Bodily integrity and informed consent; United States case law ; United Kingdom law; International Law. The report concludes that "The medical community is violating the law through a combination of faulty medical opinion, negligence and inadequate consent".
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Justifying the Unjustifiable: Rite V. Wrong
by A. Chessler - Buffalo Law Review, 1997 - A major review covering: Types of both male and female circumcision, justifications for, and legal arguments against. The report recommends in part, "Both physicians and parents must begin to look at and discuss the real issue--the abuse of innocent children".
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Male Circumcision and the Rights of the Child
by Jacqueline Smith - 1998 - This 'Netherlands Institute of Human Rights' research report explores the Human Rights, Child Rights and Legal Aspects of male child circumcision, and compares male and female genital mutilation.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Male Circumcision: Medical or Ritual?
Journal Of Law And Medicine - 1996 - This article discusses the history and reasoning behind male circumcision; identifies overwhelming medical evidence against the performance of non-medical (ritual) circumcision; and argues that the medical profession may be ignoring modern medical law through a combination of medical opinion, negligence, and vitiated consent.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - NOHARMM Litigation Program
Contains sections on: - Rights: detailing options for legal recourse available to circumcised youth and their parents. - A Legal, Constitutional and Human Rights Library. - Attorney Referrals. - Articles and news stories regarding circumcision-related court cases and related legal precedents.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Parental Authority to Consent to Circumcision
Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, 1999 - Report argues that any parental rights should be subordinated to the child's right to bodily integrity; a court order should be required before the forcible circumcision of a child is allowed.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Physician Complaints
Circumvent provides information and resources for filing circumcision related physician complaints with state medical boards.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - The First Circumcision Case
by Richard W. Morris, Attorney-at-Law, Presented at The First International Symposium on Circumcision, Anaheim, California, 1989, this article discusses an early circumcision litigation case.
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