Bill / Change in the German Penal Code - Persecution of Female Genital Mutilation
Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur (…) Änderung des Strafgesetzbuches - Strafbarkeit der Genitalvetstümmelung (Proposal for Law)
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Bill to classify of all forms of Female Genital Mutilation as Serious Bodily Injury; Start of the period of limitation with the coming of age of the victims; Inclusion of FGM in the „Auslandstatenkatalog“; Change of §§ 5, 78b und 226 of the German Penal Code, For the Motion and Resolution Recommendation see BT-Drs 16/9420, 16/9694 and C205
Policy Framework
Issuer
German Bundestag
Source
Website of the German Bundestag (www.bundestag.de) (16/12910) http://dip21.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/16/129/1612910.pdf