Sub-Regional Conference: Female Genital Mutilation and the Implementation of the Maputo Protocol

Summary: The Conference will be an occasion to highlight the existing consensus within the whole Sub-Region around the ratification of the Maputo Protocol, which entered into force on 29 November 2005 after the 15th ratification was deposited. Article 5 of the Maputo Protocol explicitly condemns the practice of Female Genital Mutilation as a violation of fundamental human rights.Owner: No Peace Without Justicepdf: www.npwj.org/?q=npwj_topics/stop_fgm/2006/01/24/mgf_conferenza_di_bamako

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