Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-20-Speech-4-103"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-09-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010920.9.4-103"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-20-Speech-4-1042
lpv:speaker	lp:Lennart Sacrédeus2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Kristdemokraterna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-chair; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"I have voted in favour of this very important report in defence of human dignity as something unique, inviolable and shared by all in equal measure. It is a question of giving expression to the common basis of values that European cooperation must ultimately rest upon. Female genital mutilation causes irreparable damage to health and can even lead to death. Any form of female genital mutilation, of whatever degree, is nothing other than an act of violence which constitutes a violation of the woman’s or girl’s fundamental rights, particularly the right to personal integrity and physical and mental health and of her sexual and reproductive rights. Such violation and mutilation of a human being can under no circumstances be justified by respect for a religion such as Islam or by invoking traditional cultural practices or initiation ceremonies. Religious freedom and female genital mutilation have no connection with one another. Female genital mutilation is an assault on the rights of women and children as enshrined in several international conventions and is prohibited in the criminal legislation of the Member States. Moreover, it is in breach of the principles of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. It is therefore time for any form of female genital mutilation now to be classified in the EU’s Member States as a specific crime, irrespective of whether or not the woman concerned has given any form of consent, and for anybody who helps, encourages, advises or procures support for anybody to carry out genital mutilation to be punished."@en1

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