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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Défendre les droits humains des intersexués – comment être un allié efficace?
DÉFENDRE LES DROITS HUMAINS DES INTERSEXUÉS – COMMENT ÊTRE UN ALLIÉ EFFICACE? [PDF]
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Information about intersex in 23 languages and more to come
intervisibility.eu The place for stories of intersex people across Europe. OII Europe launches European website with information on intersex in 23 languages on the 8th of November 2016. Today OII Europe is proud to announce the launch of its intervisibility.eu website. That milestone project will for the first time make information about intersex available in…
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Happy Intersex Solidarity Day & Intersex Day of Remembrance!
November 8th 2016 Today we celebrate Intersex Solidarity Day and we thank all our friends, allies and collegues who support us in our fight for Intersex Human Rights! This day is also known as the Intersex Day of Remembrance: It marks the birthday of Herculine Barbin, who was born 178 years ago, on November 8th,…
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Interseks bireylerin insan haklarını savunmak. Nasıl yardım edebilirsiniz?
OII Europe is exited to announce the translation of “Standing up for the human rights of intersex people – How can you help?” into Turkish. The translation of the Toolkit was initiated as a cooperative project between Pemba Hayat’s, Kaos GL and the intersex led organization Intersex Anatolia and funded by the European Commission. OII…
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We are here: Intersex Youth
The voices we need to listen to are the voices of Intersex youth. They express the same feelings towards unconsented treatment, pathologisation and societal shame and stigma as the generations. Five young intersex individuals speak about their own experiences to increase visibility of intersex youth and reduce isolation by reaching out to others on Intersex…
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FRA side event on LGBTI children rights + OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
On the 29th of September 2016, during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting of the OSCE in Warsaw, the Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union held a side event focusing on LGBTI children and youth. FRA presented findings on the rights of LGBTI children focusing on gender identity and the rights of intersex children, especially…
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Intersex person speaks in the European Parliament for the first time ever today
Brussels 16/06/2016 Intersex person speaks in the European Parliament for the first time ever today In an historical first this afternoon, the European Parliament heard from an intersex person on the rights and needs of intersex people across Europe. Intersex people are born with bodies that do not entirely match the definition of either the…
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[VIDEO] Frontline Dispatches: Intersex Children And Medical Sex Assignment – Whose Right To Choose?
“European countries have been slow in recognising and upholding the human rights of intersex people and the gender diversity they represent,” wrote Nils Muižnieks, the Commissioner for Human Rights, in a ground-breaking 2015 report on the self-determination and physical integrity of intersex people. He added: “It is urgent to end unnecessary medical treatment and surgery…
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Council of Europe Committee on Bioethics discusses protection of intersex and trans children and young people
On the 31 May 2016 the Council of Europe Committee on Bioethics discussed the protection of the human rights on intersex and transgender children and young people in their meeting in Strasbourg. Kitty Anderson (OII Europe), pediatric surgeon Mika Venhola and Richard Köhler (TGEU) presented the key human rights challenges and exchanged views with the…
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OII Europe Activity Report 2012-2014
OII Europe Activity Report 2012-2014
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OII Europe Flyer
last updated June 3rd, 2026 Disclaimer: For this multilingual NOTE we used Deepl (AI). For having our materials translated we work with human translators (see details here) Learn more about our work, our goals, who intersex people are and what human rights violations they face in our informational flyer. You can download it in the…
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Standing up for the human rights of intersex people – how can you help?
2015 has been a year of great successes for intersex activists in Europe and beyond. But of course, much more is needed to achieve real change and have an impact on the life of intersex people in Europe.
