UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

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  • Bioethics and Law Observatory
  • UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
  • University of Barcelona
  • Faculty of Law
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  • 08034 Barcelona
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • obd.ub@ub.edu
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  • Master in Bioethics and Law
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The ultimate hot potato: female genital mutilation is not as bad as it seems

Bioedge

It’s hard to think of a more reviled practice than female genital mutilation. It is a crime in many countries – and the United Nations human rights committee has just passed a resolution calling upon the General Assembly to condemn it. This could take place as early as this month.

http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/10328