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OII Europe (Organisation Intersex International Europe) is the umbrella organisation of European human rights based and intersex-led organisations. OII Europe works for the protection of intersex persons’ human rights in Europe, Central Asia and the Maghreb region.

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  • ILGA-Europe and OII Europe guidance document for implementation of CM/Rec(2025)7 for LGBT(I) orgs

    In 2015, OII Europe and ILGA-Europe produced Standing up for the human rights of intersex people – How can you help? This Allies Toolkit provides a critical framework for using and applying this guidance document; it is recommended reading for anyone interested in working on advancing intersex human rights in general, and the implementation of…

  • OII Europe Annual Report 2025

    We are excited to share with you our Annual Report for the year 2025! From the introduction: If there has ever been a year that combined extremes, it was 2025: a political crisis with ripple effects that shattered existing support structures on a global level started the year off; and, at least for Europe, a…

  • OII Europe Submission to the UN Call for Inputs [older persons]

    OII Europe Submission to the UN Call for Inputs: general framework, architecture, and guiding principles of a legally binding instrument on the human rights of older persons From the Introduction: As OII Europe, we highly welcome the Call for Input for the general framework, architecture, and guiding principles of a legally binding instrument (LBI) on…

  • KCSIE guidance consultation OII Europe questionnaire response

    The UK government opened a call in February 2026 for public consultation on proposed changes to the draft statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education with a view to making changes for September 2026. OII Europe worked in collaboration with IGLYO to prepare a response to the consultation and submitted a response on the 22nd…

  • Good Practice Map 2025

    Press Release – Launch of the Good Practice Map 2025 Today, on the 18th of May 2026, OII Europe is proud to launch its Good Practice Map 2025! This year, we celebrate a particularly special map edition, which highlights some groundbreaking advancements towards better protection of intersex human rights across Europe, in a year simultaneously…

  • IOC establishes genetic testing as a requirement in a policy driven by politics not scientific evidence

    Today, on March 26th the IOC established genetic testing as a requirement for competing in the female category in a policy driven by politics not scientific evidence.  The new policy, entitled “Protection of the Female (Women’s) Category in Olympic Sport” endorses mandatory genetic screening for women athletes. The IOC praises its new policy to be…

  • Joint Statement: European LGBTI Organisations call on the Portuguese Parliament to reject bills attacking trans and intersex rights

    Proposals due to be debated in Portugal on 19 March and voted on 20 March could pave the way for rollbacks to legal gender recognition, bodily autonomy, and other existing protections for trans and intersex people. IGLYO, ILGA-Europe, OII Europe, TGEU, EL*C, and Bi+ Equal express deep alarm at the three bills due to be…

  • Direct attack on intersex rights in Turkey:  Urgent action needed

    OII Europe expresses its deep concern regarding a lawsuit that has been filed in Turkey against the Chair of 17 May Association, Defne Güzel, on charges of violating the Law on Associations, based on the Turkish translation of one OII Europe’s publications #MyIntersexStory, as well as an exhibition about the climate crisis entitled Children, Roe…

  • Podpora vašemu interspolnemu otroku – Parents Toolkit in Slovenian

    We are happy to share with you the translation of our Parents’ Toolkit Supporting your intersex child – A parents’ toolkit, into Slovenian. You can download the toolkit as a PDF here: The original English version was created in cooperation with ILGYO and EPA.

  • New translations available

    We are happy to share with you the newest translations of our publications! You can find all of our translations available as a free pdf download on our website under https://www.oiieurope.org/programs/translations/

  • Recording of OII Europe’s webinar with OHCHR Europe

    On October 16 2025, OII Europe and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Regional Office for Europe (OHCHR Europe) co-hosted an online webinar to present the OHCHR report on intersex persons published in September. The landmark report entitled Discriminatory laws and policies, acts of violence and harmful practices against intersex persons was called for…

  • Response to the Public Statement published by the African Intersex Movement on 5.12.2025

    This Statement is available in French and Portuguese below / version française ci-dessous/ versão em português abaixo Dear colleagues of the African Intersex Movement, In the past years we have followed with joy and admiration the growth of the African Intersex Movement, and how you achieved creating a network and then a regional platform that…