Legal Articles
Ireland’s wrongful FGM conviction
A documentary based on a major investigation into the wrongful conviction and imprisonment
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Miscarriage of Justice in Ireland’s FGM landmark case?
After almost ten years of fighting to have their names cleared,
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Will Ireland pay a heavy price for buying into the FGM moral panic?
Ireland’s Court of Appeal will soon have to answer this question.
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Lessons in challenging FGM Court Orders
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
Social Work England, the organisation which regulates Social Workers in England
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Third FGM conviction in England and Wales
A jury in a ‘landmark case’ in Nottingham Crown Court, found a man guilty,
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‘FGM’ charges dropped in Dublin and medical ‘expertise’ scrutinised
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 one in Scotland
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
Had England’s most recent “FGM” trial been held in Scotland the mother might not have been convicted.
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FGM Law, Trials, Prosecutions, Convictions, Protection Orders and Mandatory Reporting
Terminology
Until the 1980s, FGM was widely known in English as “female circumcision”,
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