noting that male circumcision, like female circumcision, is a violation of bodily autonomy when performed without the subject's informed consent, and
asserting that bodily autonomy is one of the most fundamental rights of sentient beings,
this General Assembly hereby proclaims the following:
- Male circumcision and circumcision of males shall be defined, for the purpose of interpreting and executing the terms of this Resolution, as irrevocable or potentially irrevocable modifications made to the male sexual organs.
- The above definition does not include sex change operations, or operations whose purpose is to alter an individual's sexual organs in order to reflect their gender identity. Such operations shall fall under the purview of other Resolutions.
- The member nations of this World Assembly must permit the circumcision of males of legal majority who have provided their informed consent.
- The member nations of this World Assembly must prohibit the circumcision of males of legal minority, except in cases where it is medically necessary. In such cases, the member nations of this World Assembly shall permit male circumcision.
- The member nations of this World Assembly must prohibit medical practitioners from inventing spurious medical reasons to perform circumcisions, and from performing circumcisions for such spurious reasons.
- The member nations of this World Assembly must prohibit the act of traveling abroad to perform male circumcision that they would be obligated to prohibit within their own borders under the terms of this Resolution.
- The member nations of this World Assembly must impose such penalties as are necessary to deter actions that they must prohibit under the terms of this Resolution.