Editorial
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Petition to the President of the European Commission
On July 17, together with All Out, ILGA Europe, ENAR, IGLYO, TGEU, ERGO Network, EL*C, and AGE Platform Europe, OII Europe delivered a petition to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Signed by 32,000 people, the petition calls on the Commission to not withdraw its proposed anti-discrimination Directive (also known as…
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International Intersex Solidarity Fund
In May 2025, OII Europe’s member organisation CIA-OII France, launched the FS2I, the International Intersex Solidarity Fund. This fund was created in response to the many requests for help and support that intersex organisations at national level receive from intersex people abroad who need to flee their homes due to the discrimination, violence and exclusion…
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Semenya v. Switzerland: Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights Judgment
Joint press release of the third-party interveners Today, 10 July 2025, in a pivotal judgment, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled in the case of Semenya v. Switzerland. The Court overturning its Chamber judgment of 11 July 2023 found a violation of Article 6 § 1 (right to a…
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Safeguarding civil society in Europe – joint letter to the European Commission
On June 10 2025, together with a group of 13 leading civil society organisations, OII Europe sent a letter to European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen and European Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration Piotr Serafin, urging the EU to take decisive action to protect civil society. Across the EU and beyond, civil…
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Intersexphobic attack at Brussels Pride 2025
22 May 2025 OII Europe firmly denounces the verbal aggression experienced by a Belgian intersex activist during the Brussels Pride march, by one of the events’ organisers. On May 17, underneath the banner of “Unity – Time to protect our rights”, a Belgian intersex activist was verbally attacked with intersexphobic and ableist slurs and aggressively…
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Good Practice Map 2024
Press Release – Launch of the Good Practice Map 2024 Today, on the 15th of May 2025, OII Europe is happy to present the publication of its Good Practice Map 2024! The map highlights some key advancements achieved in 2024 towards the better protection of intersex human rights across Europe. The 2024 Good Practice Map…
Tags: 2024, austria, Belgium, Canary Islands, Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, france, good practice map, Ireland, Netherlands, spain, UNHRC, United Nations, WHO -
OII Europe comment on UK Supreme Court Ruling
On April 16th, the UK Supreme Court issued its judgement in the For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers case. The Court ruled that the term “sex” under the UK’s Equality Act only refers to “biological sex” and thus excludes trans women; OII Europe has been trying to make sense of how the new ruling will…
Tags: Comment, discrimination, Equality, exclusion, Gender, Intersex, Legislation, Trans, UK, Violence -
OII Europe Annual Report 2024
We are happy to share with you our Annual Report for 2024. Read on from the introduction of our Annual Report 2024 and download the report as a pdf.
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World Athletics decides to mandate sex testing for women athletes
On 25 March 2025, World Athletics announced that it will introduce new restrictive “pre-clearance requirements” following approval at the most recent World Athletics Council meeting, to mandate DNA testing for all athletes who wish to participate in the women’s competition. The new requirements would ask athletes to take a cheek swab test to look for…
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Non-Binary Survey Still Open!
Are you non-binary? Do you live in Europe or Central Asia? Are you 18 years or older? If so, we want to hear from you! Joint #Survey project by OII Europe, ILGA-Europe, TGEU & 4 academic organisers. The Survey is still open until April 30. More details here: https://www.oiieurope.org/law-beyond-the-binary-in-europe-and-central-asia-survey/
Categories: SurveyTags: Bosnian, centralAsia, Croatian, dutch, English, Europe, french, german, Montenegrin, non-binary, Russian, serbian, spanish, Survey, turkish -
Register Now! OII Europe Community Event and Public Conference 2025 in Athens, Greece
OII Europe is very happy to announce our next Community event and Public Conference, which will be held in person in Athens, Greece on November 27th-29th, 2025, where we will be hosted by our local host Intersex Greece!
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Increasing attacks on LGBTI+ rights in Turkey: Urgent action needed
OII Europe expresses its deep concern regarding the intensifying pressures on LGBTI+ rights in Turkey in recent years, due to the government’s systematic policies which have put LGBTI+ individuals in increasing danger. Most recently, many activists, including journalist and LGBTI+ rights defender Yıldız Tar, have been arbitrarily arrested and unlawfully silenced. The persecution of journalists…
