... as to the basic meaning of human rights, it also provided code that each country could aspire to comply with. Today, the burden rests on the implementation of these rights for each individual around the globe. Procedures involving the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or injury to the female genital organs are termed either Female Circumcision ... short-term health implications including: severe pain and shock infection, urine retention, injury to adjacent tissues, and immediate fatal hemorrhaging. Long-term implications can entail: extensive damage of the externa...

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