Editorial
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France lacks understanding of intersex human rights violations
Amendment to the French Bioethic law cements the status quo of unconsented surgeries on infants and children Yesterday, on the 8th of October 2019, the national assembly in France has failed to prohibit non-vital surgeries on infants and children with a variation in their sex characteristics by 89 voices against 19. The now adopted amendment…
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Legal Toolkit Videoclip
Across Europe the right of intersex people to bodily autonomy is still regularly and greviously violated. However, things are changing. In 2019 the European Parliament adopted a milstone Resolution on the rights of intersex people (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-8-2019-0128_EN.html). The resolution pointed to the “urgent need to address violations of the human rights of intersex people”, and “calls…
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Wspieranie interpłciowego dziecka
Czym jest interpłciowość?Dziewczynka, czy chłopiec? To pytanie słyszy się na całym świecie po urodzeniu dziecka. Większość rodziców odpowiada na to pytanie bez zastanowienia, ale dla duzej liczby rodziców odpowiedz jest bardziej złozona. https://www.oiieurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ParentsToolkit_PL_final.pdf
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OII Europe Strategic Plan 2019 – 2022
What is the Strategic Plan 2019 – 2022? The Strategic Plan 2019 – 2022 is OII Europe’s first strategic plan. The document brings together the collective ideas of our members, the Steering Board and of our staff. It articulates OII Europe’s strategic objectives, together with means to achieve them. It helps us ensure that our…
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Protecting Intersex People in Europe: A toolkit for law and policy makers
We are delighted to present you with this toolkit and accompanying appendix and checklist so that we can work together to ensure the protection of all people on the basis of sex characteristics, including those most vulnerable to violations and abuses. Post updated: 23. Nov 2023 check back for more checklist translations in the future
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Good Practice Map 2018
Today, 13th of May 2019, OII Europe launched the first ever Intersex good practice map at the IDAHOT+ Forum in Oslo. In our Good Practice Map 2018 you find a compilation of good practice examples from selected European countries, including examples for missed opportunities and rights under attack for intersex people. Download the PDF here.
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OII Europe Annual Report 2018
We are happy to present our activities and successes of 2018 within our Annual Report 2018! You can download the Annual Report as a pdf here:
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W OBRONIE PRAW CZŁOWIE- KA OSÓB INTERPŁCIOWYCH – JAK MOŻESZ POMÓC?
We are excited to present the Polish translation of our toolkit “Standing up for the human rights of intersex people”
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A groundbreaking resolution has been adopted by the UN Human Rights Council on the elimination of discrimination against women and girls in sport.
A groundbreaking resolution has been adopted by the UN Human Rights Council on the elimination of discrimination against women and girls in sport. For the first time it notes with concern the discrimination faced by women and girls born with variations of sex characteristics. It also recognizes that sport regulations and practices can reinforce harmful…
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Welcome to the 3rd OII Europe Community Event & Conference 2019
*** At the bottom of this page we have accessibility information, including for filling out the scholarship application form.*** At our third Community Event and Conference in Zagreb – Croatia, we will be hosted by TransAid who recently hired their first intersex staff member. This year the theme of the community event will be advocacy. We…
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A Milestone for Intersex Rights: The European Parliament adopts landmark resolution on the rights of intersex people
Today, on the 14th of February 2019, the European Parliament has adopted a landmark Resolution on the Rights of Intersex People. By adopting this resolution, the European Parliament sets a clear standard within the European Union for the protection of intersex people’s bodily integrity and human rights. The resolution complements the ground-breaking 2017 intersex resolution…
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Austria tops Germany’s bad practice example – no self-determination for the Austrian 3rd gender marker
On the 20th of December, shortly before the holiday, the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior issued a decree on the official implementation of the third gender entry. Like in Germany a medical certificate is required to declare that the person is intersex. However, the ruling of the Austrian Constitutional Court of 15 June 2018,…
