Call for a Change in the German Penal Code - Persecution of Female Genital Mutilation
Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur (…) Änderung des Strafgesetzbuches – Strafbarkeit der Genitalvetstümmelung (Proposal for Resolution)
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Dismissal of further prosecution due to doubts about the compatibility with international law; extensive measure catalogue for the protection of persons at risk of FGM and for the prevention in an international and European context, on a federal level and on federal state level; further education of medical doctors on the matter of FGM.
Policy Framework
Issuer
German Bundestag
Source
Website of the German Bundestag (www.bundestag.de) (16/13691) http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/16/129/1612910.pdf