Harmful traditional practices

Best interests and the prohibition of violence: FGM and non-refoulement before the CRC
20/Sep/2018 Publication
The Committee on the Rights of the Child published its first views under the third Optional Protocol to the CRC this year. Learn more about the decision and its importance.
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IAM (on behalf of KYM) v. Denmark
Thu, 25/01/2018 - 00:00 Instrument
Case concerning the deportation of a child to a country where she would be at risk of female genital mutilation.
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РОССИЯ: Детский омбудсмен призвала наказать виновных в смерти мальчика от обрезания
13/Jan/2017 News
Дополнительных законодательных инициатив применительно к процедуре обрезания детей на дому не требуется, поскольку...
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GAMBIE : Le parlement criminalise l‘excision
4/Jan/2016 News
L’Assemblée nationale de Gambie a approuvé un projet de loi criminalisant les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF) ou excision.
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IRAN: Inhuman sentencing of children
16/Nov/2015 Publication
The Islamic Penal Code 2013 came into force in May 2013. The new legislation amends the law with regards to the death penalty, life imprisonment and corporal punishment, but these forms of sentencing remain lawful for offences committed by children.
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SAUDI ARABIA: Inhuman Sentencing of Children
22/Oct/2015 Publication
In Saudi Arabia, people may be lawfully sentenced to corporal punishment, life imprisonment and the death penalty for...
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