Criminal Law

Circumcision and excision: Towards a non-law of bioethics?

J Int Bioethique. 2015 Jul;26(3):63-75, 263. Circumcision and excision: Towards a non-law of bioethics? [Article in French] Delage PJ ABSTRACT This article defines the practices of circumcision and excision, and studies their foundations. Then, it considers some of the conflicts (of rights, laws and cultures) inherent to these practices. Finally, it suggests that the solutionContinue reading “Circumcision and excision: Towards a non-law of bioethics?”

Female genital mutilation. Review and aspects of medico-legal interests.

Cuad. med. forense v.16 n.3 Sevilla jul.-sep. 2010 Female genital mutilation. Review and aspects of medico-legal interests. (Article in Spanish) Gallego MA, López MI ABSTRACT The gradual arrival in Spain of people from sub-Saharan Africa, has highlighted the practice of a series of ancient rituals in girls, harmful to their health, and which are encompassed within the concept ofContinue reading “Female genital mutilation. Review and aspects of medico-legal interests.”

Public health, cultural norms and the criminal law: an inconvenient union? A case study of female genital cutting.

Med Law. 2012 Sep;31(3):451-72. Public health, cultural norms and the criminal law: an inconvenient union? A case study of female genital cutting. Iyioha I. Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario, London ON, Canada. Ireh.patricia@gmail.com ABSTRACT Social and cultural stereotypes held about women and their health needs constitute a significant barrier to the enforcement ofContinue reading “Public health, cultural norms and the criminal law: an inconvenient union? A case study of female genital cutting.”

Problems with Criminalizing Female Genital Cutting

Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice. 2003 15(4): 471-477 Problems with Criminalizing Female Genital Cutting Antonazzo M. ABSTRACT Female genital cutting (FGC) has become the most well-publicized and frequently debated issue affecting the lives of African women. Western feminists brought the issue to the forefront during the United Nations Women’s Decade of 1975–1985. SinceContinue reading “Problems with Criminalizing Female Genital Cutting”

Criminalisation, sexual and reproductive rights, public health–and justice.

Reprod Health Matters. 2009 Nov;17(34):4-9. doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(09)34492-4. Criminalisation, sexual and reproductive rights, public health–and justice. Berer M. EXTRACT The papers in this journal issue are about the law and criminalisation relating to rape and sexual violence, female genital mutilation (FGM), selling and buying sex, provision and use of modern contraception and induced abortion, homosexuality, andContinue reading “Criminalisation, sexual and reproductive rights, public health–and justice.”

Female circumcision/female genital mutilation in the United States: legislation and its implications for health providers.

J Am Med Womens Assoc. 1997 Fall;52(4):179-80, 187. Female circumcision/female genital mutilation in the United States: legislation and its implications for health providers. Key FL. Law and Policy Project, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York City, USA. ABSTRACT Criminal laws prohibiting female circumcision/female genital mutilation (FC/FGM) have recently been passed in the USContinue reading “Female circumcision/female genital mutilation in the United States: legislation and its implications for health providers.”

Female genital mutilation. Review and aspects of medico-legal interests

Cuad. med. forense v.16 n.3 Sevilla jul.-sep. 2010 Female genital mutilation. Review and aspects of medico-legal interests [article in Spanish] MA. Gallego; MI. López Médico forense. Instituto de Medicina legal de Cataluña. ABSTRACT The gradual arrival in Spain of people from sub-Saharan Africa, has highlighted the practice of a series of ancient rituals in girls, harmful to their health, andContinue reading “Female genital mutilation. Review and aspects of medico-legal interests”