Legal Articles
“I always believed Dr Nagarwala was innocent and overcharged”
A criminal defence lawyer asserted this when she wrote the following
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Lisbon Court suspended sentence for mother convicted of FGM
Lisbon Court suspends sentence to woman convicted of FGM.
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The prosecution of Dawoodi Bohra women: some reasonable doubts
Two court cases in 2019 involving Dawoodi Bohras (a Shia Muslim sect),
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FGM Recording and Reporting: Re-infibulation and Piercing cases
The legal position relating to re-infibulation and genital piercing was published 8th July 2019.
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Portugal’s first FGM conviction to be appealed?
A statement in regard to Portugal’s first FGM conviction and requesting support for an appeal
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Women should be free to choose circumcision
It’s generally accepted in the West that women are equal before the law and have bodily autonomy.
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Imprisoned for the crime of being an African woman
The Shifting Sands piece, and Marge Berer’s excellent blog
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Injustice arising from pursuit of FGM prosecutions – UK
Britain’s first conviction for FGM was delivered in London, in February 2019
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Concerns about expertise at FGM trials
A number of important questions were raised by this year’s ‘successful’ FGM prosecutions,
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Maybe Ireland’s first FGM case really was a straddle injury
The jury at Dublin’s Circuit Criminal Court court found a Dublin couple guilty of being secondary participants to FGM
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