FGM/C Shifting Sands

Legal Articles

Miscarriage of Justice in Ireland's FGM case?

Miscarriage of Justice in Ireland’s FGM landmark case?

Published 17 November 2025

After almost ten years of fighting to have their names cleared,

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Ireland may pay a heavy price for buying into the FGM moral panic

Will Ireland pay a heavy price for buying into the FGM moral panic?

Published 27 October 2025

Ireland’s Court of Appeal will soon have to answer this question.

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Lessons in challenging Female Genital Mutilation Court Orders

Lessons in challenging FGM Court Orders

Published 1 January 2025

Serious limitations in regard to a Court Order made under the Children Act 1989 were given a welcome airing

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Draconian open-ended FGM Order successfully contested in Court

Man found guilty of conspiracy to commit FGM

Third FGM conviction in England and Wales

Published 18 September 2024

A jury in a ‘landmark case’ in Nottingham Crown Court, found a man guilty,

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‘FGM’ charges against couple dropped and medical ‘expertise’ questioned

‘FGM’ charges dropped in Dublin and medical ‘expertise’ scrutinised

Published 20 August 2024

A landmark ruling in Dublin in July 2024 determined that a couple originally from East Africa would have the ‘FGM’ charges against them dropped

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An FGM conviction in England may not have been in Scotland

An FGM conviction in England may not have been one in Scotland

Published 6 July 2024

A woman from Harrow, London lost a bid in the Court of Appeal

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Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Bill

Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Bill

Published 4 July 2024

Had England’s most recent “FGM” trial been held in Scotland the mother might not have been convicted.

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UK FGM Law, Prosecutions, Convictions, Protection Orders, Mandatory Reporting

FGM Law, Trials, Prosecutions, Convictions, Protection Orders and Mandatory Reporting

Published 14 May 2024

Terminology

Until the 1980s, FGM was widely known in English as “female circumcision”,

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The Gambia's contestation of female circumcision ban

The Gambia contests female circumcision (FGM) ban

Published 4 April 2024

The Gambia in west African has become the centre of international concern in regard to female circumcision,

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