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|Part of a series on| Compulsory sterilization, also known as
forced sterilization (or compulsory sterilisation respectively
forced sterilisation – see spelling differences), programs are
government policies which attempt to force people to undergo
surgical sterilization. In the first half of the 20th century,
several such programs were instituted in countries around the
world, usually as part of eugenics programs intended to prevent
the reproduction and multiplication of members of the population
considered to be carriers of defective genetic traits.
Widespread or systematic forced sterilization has been
recognized as a crime against humanity by the Rome Statute in
the Explanatory Memorandum. This memorandum also defines the
jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. Despite
international agreement concerning the inhumanity and illegality
of forced sterilization, it has been suggested that Government
of Uzbekistan continues to pursue such p