23/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - The sub-regional conference on female genital mutilation held on 21 February in Bamako by the government of Mali and the international organisation No Peace without Justice adopted a declaration on abandoning these practices, demanding the national application of the provisions of the 2005 Maputo Protocol which forbids them, considering them to be a violation of the basic rights of individuals. MEP Emma Bonino, an Italian radical, opened the conference (EUROPE...