Something good to start the new year: We currently count 98 reprimands from UN Committees for intersex genital mutilation (IGM) to member states around the world. So, we don’t need a crystal ball to predict, 2025 will be the year the intersex human rights movement scores 100 UN reprimands for IGM.
When we started submitting NGO reports to UN Committees a good 10 years ago, such a number was beyond our imagination. Thanks to international cooperation with IGM survivors and reports from other intersex NGOs, soon it will be real (and we can retire).
You can find a list of the first 98 reprimands here (PDF, p. 11-15).
See also:
• ‘Only the Fear of the Judge Will Make IGM Perpetrators Change’
• “Harmful Medical Practice”: UN, COE, ACHPR, IACHR condem IGM
• UN Committee for the Rights of the Child (CRC): IGM = Harmful Practice + Violence
• UN Committee against Torture (CAT): IGM = Inhuman Treatment or Torture
• UN Women’s Rights Committee (CEDAW): IGM = Harmful Practice
• UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD): Violation of Integrity
• UN Human Rights Committee (HRCttee) condemns IGM Practices