Decrees of the Walloon Community of March 4, 1991 and May 12, 2004 (Belgium)
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Voluntary measures: hearing with the family; informing; counselling; warning + compulsory measures: certain acts are subject to court permissions (e.g. travel permission); removing the child from the family; suspending parental authority
Child Protection Provisions
Number of FGM related interventions
Source
Leye, Els; Sabbe, Alexia, Responding to female genital mutilation in Belgium: Striking the right balance between prosecution and prevention
Additional information
Information collecting point
Public prosecutor