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The Criminalisation Of Female Genital Mutilation In Queensland

Author: Zara Spencer
Student, University of Queensland T C Beirne School of Law
Subjects: Children - legal status - laws (Other articles)
Female circumcision
Female circumcision law and legislation Queensland
Issue: Volume 9, Number 3 (September 2002)
Category: Current Developments

Abstract

As long ago as 1994 the Queensland Law Reform Commission recommended that the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) be made a specific offence. The Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld) has however only recently been amended to specifically criminalise FGM. This paper considers the practice itself, theoretical approaches to interventions, Australia's international obligations and Queensland's response to FGM.

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