Ashley Montagu Resolution

The Ashley Montagu Resolution refers to the petition to the World Court to end the genital modification and mutilation of children worldwide.^[1][2]

Endorsement of the petition also includes the 1989 Universal Declaration on Circumcision, Excision, and Incision which holds that medically unnecessary surgical circumcisions, excisions and incisions on male and female genitals constitute an act of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment within the terms of Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Signatories include original endorsers include doctors, nurses, humanists, journalists, and activists including NOCIRC founder and RN, Marilyn Milos. Prominent signatories include Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine Francis Crick and polio vaccine inventor Jonas Salk. The petition has been signed by at least two Nobel Prize winners.

Over 2,500 others have signed it virtually after the original publication.^[3]

Original signatories

• Sami Aldeeb
• Jeannine Parvati Baker
• Norman L Cohen
• Dr. Francis Crick
• Dr. James DeMeo
• Jed Diamond
• Ralph Ginzburg
• Dr. John Hardebeck
• Fredric Hayward
• Fran P. Hosken
• Dr. Lester A Kirkendall
• Dr. Paul Kurtz
• Dr. Gerald Larue
• Hanny Lightfoot-Klein
• Linda Massie
• Marilyn Fayre Milos
• Dr. Asha Mohamud
• Dr. Ashley Montagu
• Miriam Pollack
• Dr. James W. Prescott
• Moshe Rothenberg
• Dr. Jonas Salk
• Dr. Thomas Szasz
• Dr. Anastasios Zavales

See also

• Ashley Montagu
• Genital integrity
• Female genital mutilation
• Circumcision controversies

References

1. Denniston, George C.; Milos, Marilyn Fayre (2013-03-09). Sexual Mutilations: A Human Tragedy. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-1-4757-2679-4.
2. Prescott, James W. "THE ASHLEY MONTAGU RESOLUTION TO END THE GENITAL MUTILATION OF CHILDREN WORLDWIDE". nocirc.org. Retrieved 2026-02-02.
3. "The Ashley Montagu Resolution". montagunocircpetition.org. Archived from the original on 2005-07-09. Retrieved 2026-02-02.

External links

• 'The Ashley Montagu Resolution'