Female genital mutilation: time for a prosecution

Female genital mutilation: time for a prosecution Female genital mutilation was criminalised in the UK more than two decades ago but there has yet to be a conviction According to the Home Office website it is estimated that up to 24,000 girls under the age of 15 are at risk of FGM in the UK and between 100m to 140m girls and women worldwide are currently living with the consequences. In France there have been some successful prosecutions in and around Paris, partly due to a high volume of mutilated women and girls and partly due to better reporting and investigatory procedures. In August the new constitution of Somalia prohibited FGM on the basis that: "circumcision of girls is a cruel and degrading customary practice, and is tantamount to torture". And in October, African member states of the UN submitted a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly urging states to condemn FGM and all harmful practices that affect women and girls and to "take all necessary measures, including enacting and enforcing legislation to prohibit FGM".
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