Bodily integrity

Two key international documents protect these rights: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Furthermore, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities also requires protection of physical and mental integrity. Though bodily integrity is afforded to every human being, women are more often affected in violations of it, via unwanted pregnancy, and limited access to contraception. These principles were addressed in the 1997 Irish Council for Civil Liberties Working Conference on Women's Rights as Human Rights, which defined bodily integrity as a right deserved by all women: "bodily integrity unifies women and ... no woman can say that it does not apply to them." As defined by the conference participants, the following are bodily integrity rights that should be guaranteed to women: In her book Sextarianism, Maya Mikdashi described the persisting issue of the violation of women's bodily integrity through hymen exams in the Lebanese state. The debate over children's rights to bodily integrity has grown in recent years. In the wake of the highly publicized Jerry Sandusky trial, parents have been increasingly encouraged to promote their child's sense of bodily integrity as a method of reducing children's vulnerability to being victims of sexual violence, human trafficking and child prostitution. Methods of increasing children's sense of bodily autonomy include: The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights states the following: "No one shall be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.