The Dutch approach to female genital mutilation in view of the ECHR The time for change has come

Abstract

The article offers the author's insights on the application of state obligations in Utrecht, Netherlands regarding the prevention of female genital mutilation (FGM) to be applied through the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The author says that FGM is a circumcision practice which removes or cuts the clitoris of women and is done either in infant, puberty, or pregnancy stage to represent the transition to another life stage. He mentions that to prevent the FGM practice, the third article of ECHR can be applied which focuses on the right to protect the inhuman or degrading treatment of individuals. Moreover, he adds that the eighth article of ECHR is also applicable because it centers on child abuse and violation of physical integrity and sexual anatomy.