The boy has the right to refuse the operation

Mutilation is also a frightening and potentially very shocking experience for a child.

Female genital mutilation, or FGM, is a general term for wom-
en’s circumcision. It means the partial or total cutting and / or
damage to the external female genitals, for either cultural or
other non-medical reasons.

..damage to the external female genitals...

Under the Finnish Child Welfare Act, a child has the right to
physical integrity, which should therefore be the objective of
the authorities and the security forces.

Under the Child Welfare
Act, health care professionals are required to make child protection notification, if deemed necessary.

FGM is practiced among both Muslims and non-Muslims such
as Jews and Christians.

If it is performed for a non-medical reason, a boy’s bodily integrity is violated

Under the Finnish Child Welfare Act, a child has the right to physical integrity

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child states that
children should be protected from all forms of violence when a
child is with a parent or any official guardian or a person under
treatment. UN agreements are also valid in Finland. The autho-
rities are obliged to act in the interest of the child’s health and
safety if they have a history of ill treatment, and must protect
children from torture or other forms of inhuman treatment. If
the child has already been ill-treated, care should be taken that
the child gets the opportunity of emotional and physical reco-
very in a proven, safe environment