Resources

International Instruments

 International Human Rights instruments under which FGM is considered a violation:
 
-        The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
 
-        The Convention on the Rights of the Child
 
-        The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
 
-        The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol)