The Universal Periodic Review and the Ban on Intersex Genital Mutilation in an African Context

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) assesses the human rights records of all 193 UN Member States against the benchmark of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its core human rights treaties. To date, more than 100,000 recommendations have been provided to states under review (SUR) from pee...

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Published in:	Social Sciences
Main Author:	Saskia Caroline Irene Ravesloot
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2024-06-01
Subjects:	human rights informed consent intersex intersex genital mutilation (IGM) Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/7/349

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