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GENITALS MUTILATING SURGERIES (FEMALE CIRCUMCISION): LEGAL MEASURES OF COUNTERACTION

Wiad Lek. 2022;75(11 pt 2):2867-2871. doi: 10.36740/WLek202211225.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: The aim: To highlight legal measures of counteraction to genitals mutilating surgeries (female circumcision) and the perspectives for their possible improvement.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: International regulatory legal acts, acts of “soft” law, statistical data, research results are the materials of the research. Comparative, comparative and legal, system analysis, formal and logical, other methods were applied during the research.

CONCLUSION: Conclusions: It has been proved that although there are four different types of female circumcision, any such surgery performed without medical grounds is female genitals mutilating surgery. The authors have offered to enshrine a direct ban on performing genitals mutilating surgeries (female circumcision) in the norms of national legislation with appropriate measures of legal liability for those involved.

PMID:36591782 | DOI:10.36740/WLek202211225

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