Presentations

2012

Strange Yet Familiar Bedfellows—Effectively Addressing Chronic Issues Encountered when Law and Human Rights Seek to Protect Bodily Integrity, J. Steven Svoboda » 10/2/2012

Presentation at the Twelfth NOCIRC Symposium, Helsinki, Finland, September 30-October 3, 2012

2011

Protecting All from Genital Cutting—Law, Human Rights, and Demedicalization » 9/1/2011

Steven Svoboda presenting his paper, "Protecting All from Genital Cutting—Law, Human Rights, and Demedicalization," at the 2011 Genital Autonomy Conference in Keele, England.

2009

Circumcision: Past, Present, Future » 4/26/2009

Annual Convention of the Association for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH), Pacific Grove, California, April 26, 2009 (with Marilyn Milos).

2008

Three-Fourths Were Abnormal'-Misha's Case, Sick Societies, and the Law » 9/4/2008

Tenth International Symposium on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights, Keele, England, September 4, 2008.

Three-Fourths Were Abnormal'- Male Circumcision, Medicine, Culture and Law » 7/4/2008

Genital Cutting in a Globalized Age Interdisciplinary Conference, London, July 4, 2008.

2007

Moving into the 21st Century with Joy: Protecting Boys from Circumcision » 7/4/2007

Men's Equality Conference, Washington, DC, July 14, 2007.

2006

A Treatise from the Trenches: Why Are Circumcision Lawsuits so Hard to Win? » 8/26/2006

Ninth International Symposium on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights, Seattle, Washington, August 26, 2006.

Legal, Ethical, and Human Rights Concerns Relating to Circumcision » 8/1/2006

a presentation made with Dr. Mark David Reiss to pediatricians and other physicians at Kaiser in Sacramento, California.

2004

Legal Panel and Discussion, Genital Integrity and Gender Equity » 9/3/2004

Eighth International Symposium on Circumcision and Human Rights, Padua, Italy, September 3, 2004. We attended the biannual symposium held in Padua, Italy, presenting a talk on genital integrity and gender equity. In Padua, we also participated on a legal panel with several other attorneys including...

2003

Attorneys for the Rights of the Child » 4/3/2003

Genital Integrity Awareness Week , Washington, D.C., April 3, 2003.

2002

Educating the United Nations About Male Circumcision » 4/5/2002

Seventh International Symposium on Human Rights and Modern Society, Washington, DC, April 5, 2002.

2001

Oral Intervention with United Nations regarding Male Circumcision » 8/14/2001

Attorneys for the Rights of the Child. Report of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights on its fifty-third session—written statement submitted by the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC), a non-governmental organization on the...

Written Statement to the United Nations » 8/9/2001

This document is now part of the official record of the United Nations, the only known United Nations document to affirm males' right to genital integrity: www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.Sub.2.2002.NGO.1.En?Opendocument Submitted 9 August 2001

Circumcision as a Preventive for HIV: Reconciling Science, Ethics, and Human Rights » 7/26/2001

We received a substantial honorarium and were invited to Berlin for the Fourteenth Meeting of the ISSTDR, where on June 26, 2001 we presented "Circumcision as a Preventive for HIV: Reconciling Science, Ethics, and Human Rights."

Circumcision as a Preventive for HIV: Reconciling Science, Ethics, and Human Rights » 6/26/2001

"Circumcision as a Preventive for HIV: Reconciling Science, Ethics, and Human Rights," in panel entitled, "Circumcision and Violence," 14th Meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research, Berlin, June 26, 2001.

Circumcision as a Preventive for HIV: Bad Science, Questionable Ethics, a Human Rights Violation » 3/31/2001

"Circumcision as a Preventive for HIV: Bad Science, Questionable Ethics, a Human Rights Violation," Genital Integrity: A New Awareness, Washington, D.C., March 31, 2001.

2000

Comparative Legal Analysis of Body Mutilation Practices on Children » 12/8/2000

Sixth International Symposium on Genital Integrity, Sydney, Australia, December 8, 2000.

Exciting New Developments at Attorneys for the Rights of the Child and Update on Legal Developments » 11/19/2000

"Exciting New Developments at Attorneys for the Rights of the Child and Update on Legal Developments," Port Antonio, Jamaica. ARC participated in the Fifth Gender Transition Movement Leaders' Conference, November 19, 2000, a week-long strategy meeting of leaders in various aspects of...

Rethinking Newborn Circumcision: What Physicians who Perform Them Think, and What Lawyers Want Them to Know » 9/26/2000

"Rethinking Newborn Circumcision: What Physicians who Perform Them Think, and What Lawyers Want Them to Know," with Dr. Chris Fletcher, St. Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 26, 2000.

Male Circumcision: An Issue of Relevance to the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Community » 9/10/2000

On September 10, 2000, Tim Hammond of NOHARMM, Tina Kimmel of NOCIRC-Berkeley, and J. Steven Svoboda made a presentation, "Male Circumcision: An Issue of Relevance to the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Community," to the Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual-Transgender-Intersexual chapter of the American...

1999

Updated Report On The Work of Attorneys for the Rights of the Child » 11/27/1999

Fourth Jamaica Men's Movement Leaders' Conference, Fisherman's Cove, Jamaica, November 27, 1999.

Male Circumcision » 11/4/1999

On April 6, 1999, along with Tim Hammond and Leland Traiman, both of NOHARMM, and again on November 4, 1999, without any co-presenters, we gave very well-received 1.5-hour presentations regarding circumcision in a class on male sexuality at the University of California at Berkeley.

New York City Presentation » 8/10/1999

In August 1999, we travelled to New York City and gave two presentations on circumcision on August 5 and August 10, 1999. The first took place at Caravan of Dreams restaurant with Laurie Evans of NOCIRC of New York" Mid-Hudson Valley, and the second was sponsored by the Wetlands organization...

Where, Science, Ethics, and Human Rights Meet » 7/13/1999

Our presentation on July 13, 1999 in Denver before approximately 200 physicians at the Thirteenth Meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR) was well received. Our talk, entitled, "Where, Science, Ethics, and Human Rights Meet," concluded the...

National and International Laws Defending Children from Genital Mutilation » 4/16/1999

Chicago Conference - On April 16, 1999, we presented Friday's closing talk at the Chicago "Circumcision Update: Medical, Ethical and Legal Issues" conference organized by NOCIRC.

1998

Male Circumcision as Male Sexual Victimization--A Roundtable Discussion to Promote Re-Examination of Its Role in Our Lives and Healing from the Wounds » 9/25/1998

with Tim Hammond and Jim Bigelow, West Coast Retreat of the National Organization for Male Sexual Victimization, Watsonville, California, September 25, 1998.

Attaining International Acknowledgment of Male Genital Mutilation as a Human Rights Violation, and a Written Intervention » 8/6/1998

Fifth International Symposium on Sexual Mutilations, Oxford, England, August 6, 1998.

1997

The Work of Attorneys for the Rights of the Child » 11/24/1997

Second Jamaica Men's Movement Leaders' Conference, Fisherman's Cove, Jamaica, November 24, 1997.

Male Circumcision as Male Sexual Victimization--Learning to Effectively Protect and Treat Male Children » 9/19/1997

with Tim Hammond, at the Seventh Interdisciplinary Conference on Male Sexual Victimization, Orinda, California, September 19, 1997.

1996

Routine Infant Male Circumcision: Examining the Human Rights and Constitutional Issues » 8/10/1996

Fourth International Symposium on Sexual Mutilations, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 10, 1996.

Routine Infant Circumcision: Examining the Legal & Constitutional Issues » 3/7/1996

with Wayne Hampton, Tim Hammond, Marilyn Milos, Tom Morris, Miriam Pollack, and Leland Traiman. Student Center, Kendrick Hall, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, March 7, 1996.

Routine Infant Circumcision: Examining the Legal & Constitutional Issues » 2/22/1996

With Tim Hammond, Wayne Hampton, Martin N., and Leland Traiman. University of San Francisco Law School, San Francisco, February 22, 1996.