Doctors in Germany still practice surgical castration of sex offenders, a practice which a human rights report identifies as "degrading". The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) acknowledges that it is rarely used but questions its effectiveness and whether each patient's consent is freely obtained. The Czech Republic, where the operation is used slightly more frequently, is the only other EU state to continue with the procedure.
The German doctors claim that surgical castration prevents chronic sex offenders from committing sex offenses; 46% of those who do not have the surgery continue the inappropriate behavior.
What this article does not do is provide a German definition of "sex offender". In the United States, the "sex offender" usually corresponds with "child molester", and so an American reading this report might agree wholeheartedly with the German decision to castrate.
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