This section offers a collection of key resource material related to the practice of FGM and the existing frameworks developed to end the practice and protect affected women and girls. It is aimed for activists, lawyers, policy makers, government officials, civil society actors, researchers and anyone else who wants to investigate the issue of FGM in detail.
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The Opinion on an EU initiative on female genital mutilation by the Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities between men and women offers recommendations on how to develop EU measures to fight female genital mutilation.
More The Cotonou Agreement is a treaty between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states and the European Union.
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This Convention, also known as the Istanbul Convention, is the first legally binding instrument in the world creating a comprehensive legal framework to prevent violence, to protect victims and to end the impunity of perpetrators.
More Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime.
More Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection.
More Directive 2011/95/EU on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection
More Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection.
More The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU sets out the rights of EU citizens and residents, rights derived from the constitutional traditions common to EU countries, as well as the economic and social rights agreed through international treaties.
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