Topic
FGM
57 published works
AfricLaw
Spotlighting Female Genital Mutilation: An Insidious International Human Rights Crisis
By AfricLaw
Author: Amanda Janell DeAmor Quest Commonwealth Caribbean Lawyer On August 11, 2025, the BBC reported the death of a one-month-old baby girl who had been subjected to Female Genital Mutilation…
The Insightful Immigration Blog
The Exception that Disproves the Rule: How Matter of K-E-S-G-‘s FGM Exception Exposes Its Incoherence
In its recent decision in Matter of K-E-S-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 245 (BIA 2025), the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) held that “a particular social group defined by the alien’s…
Pennsylvania Divorce and Domestic Relations Blog
Threats to Family Privacy in Transgender Care
By Mark Ashton
At the risk of becoming tedious, we note the Department of Justice issued a press release last week vowing to “investigate and hold accountable medical providers and pharmaceutical companies that…
Religion Clause
Court Says U.S. Engaged In Vindictive Subsequent Prosecution of Defendants Originally Charged With Female Genital Mutilation
In United States v. Nagarwala, (ED MI, Sept. 28, 2021), a Michigan federal district court dismissed witness tampering charges against defendants (medical personnel and mothers of minor girls in the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, 6 February
#DYK HSI’s Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center works with partners in the U.S. and abroad to fight to #endFGM. Learn more about the Center’s work here: https://t.co/LOg4ttqaUH pic.twitter.com/AXINZbXPkr—…
A Contrario
Breaking the blade: Takeaways from Sudan’s ban on FGM
Priyal Sepaha FGM: violations and risks Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) refers to the practice of removal (the extent varies) of the external female genitalia or any damage inflicted due to…
UK Human Rights Blog
FGM protection order in child’s best interests – Court of Appeal
A (A Child) (Rev 1) [2020] EWCA 731 (15 June 2020) This was an appeal by the secretary of state against a decision of the President of the Family Division…
Bill Madden's Blog
FGM conviction revisited in NSWCA
By Bill Madden
A2 v R; Magennis v R; Vaziri v R [2020] NSWCCA 7 (available on Caselaw) revisited the appeals against conviction in these matters, following an earlier appeal to the High…
Bill Madden's Blog
FGM statutory interpretation: High Court outcome
By Bill Madden
Yesterday the High Court of Australia allowed three appeals from a decision of the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW CCA) regarding the correct interpretation of section 45 of the…
Religion Clause
6th Circuit Refuses To Allow Congress To Intervene To Defend FGM Ban
As previously reported, after the Department of Justice dropped its appeal of the district court's decision in United States v. Nagarwala which held the federal ban on female genital mutilation (18…