Humanisterna omskärelse

Humanists Sweden (Swedish: Humanisterna) is the largest humanist/rationalist organisation in Sweden with about 4, members. It is a member organisation of Humanists International (HI) and the European Humanist Federation (EHF).

Kan religiös omskärelse av pojkar tillåtas?

Article 14 of the CRC establishes the right of the child to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. It also establishes the right of the child's parents to guide and support the child in its exercise of the right to freedom of religion, while adjusting this support according to the child's evolving capacities. The emphasis of the study is on how to understand the child as, on the one hand, agent and subject in the exercise of this right and, on the other, dependent on parental support and guidance.

With the text of the CRC as a starting point, different theories on rights, autonomy and religion are analyzed in order to find those compatible with both aspects of Article the child as agent and the child as dependent. Theories that demand fully developed cognitive abilities in order to be a moral agent and a rights holder are rejected, as are theories in which the parents are the sole decision-makers on the basis of their own view of what is in the child's interests.

Frågan om omskärelse måste behandlas varsamt

In the same way, conceptions of religion in purely cognitive terms, or not taking into account dimensions of practice and observance accessible to children, are rejected. The conclusion drawn from the analysis is that relational conceptualizations of rights and autonomy and multi-dimensional conceptualizations of religion are best served to include both aspects of the child's right to freedom of religion.

In viewing all humans, adults and children alike, as both active agents and vulnerably dependent on others, these conceptualizations challenge traditional views on rights and autonomy, and modern views of religion.

Per Dannefjord, vice ordförande och Eduardo Grutzky, styrelseledamot i Humanisterna besvarar idag Richard Swartz krönika i DN där han beskriver kritiken mot omskärelse som ”kyligt mästrande” och ”okänslig”.

I GP har årets Hedeniuspristagare Gunnar Göthberg skrivit en debattartikel om att omskärelse av omyndiga pojkar bör förbjudas.

Omskärelse.

In the final chapter, aspects of these relational conceptions are put together into a relational, mutuality-oriented model of the child's right to freedom of religion. Place, publisher, year, edition, pages Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis,