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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EU Strategy on victims’ rights (2020-2025) Joint submission
One component of work under the Victim’s Rights Directive relating to violence against women and girls is combatting female genital mutilation (FGM). In order to also address the human rights violations that intersex infants and children face, the future Directive should also include intersex genital mutilation (IGM) as a key focus.
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Kako podržati vaše interspolno dijete – Priručnik za roditelje
Supporting your intersex child – A parents’ toolkit in Croatian Is it a boy or a girl? This is the question that is asked the world over when someone gives birth. Many parents will answer that question without much thought. But for a significant number the answer will be more complex.
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#MyIntersexStory – Personal accounts by intersex people living in Europe
OII Europe Press Release (download as PDF)November 8th, 2019 Check out our campaign website under https://myintersexstory.oiieurope.org/ You can download our publication as a PDF (17,9 MB) under the following link: https://www.oiieurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/testimonial_broch_21-21cm_for_web.pdf
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Поддержка вашего интерсекс-ребенка
Мальчик или девочка? При рождении ребенка этот вопрос задают по всему миру. Многие родители ответят на этот вопрос, особо не задумываясь. Но для значительного количества родителей это более сложный вопрос. Поддержка вашего интерсекс-ребенка (PDF)
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Supporting your intersex child – A parents’ toolkit (serbian version)
Is it a boy or a girl? This is the question that is asked the world over when someone gives birth. Many parents will answer that question without much thought. But for a significant number the answer will be more complex. Supporting your intersex child – A parents’ toolkit Serbian (PDF)
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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.
