… States there has been a trend towards recognising FGM as a criminal act. In all EU member States, legal provisions … applicable to the practice of FGM and may be a basis for criminal prosecution. In some countries, a specific criminallaw has been introduced to address FGM. This study documented …
… is a human right and an integral aspect of the rule of law. Crime is a gender-oriented phenomenon, but the justice … crimes and have a lower involvement in serious violence, criminal damage and professional crime. The UK’s Report on … system. Around half of the women identified by the criminal system in the UK committed offences to support …