Legal Toolkit
Protecting Intersex People in Europe: A toolkit for law and policy makers
Bodily autonomy – making one’s own informed decisions about one’s body and what happens to it – is a fundamental human right, repeatedly enshrined throughout myriad human rights instruments globally. Each of us holds this right individually. However, it is not equally protected nor enforced for everyone.
Disclaimer 2026: Since the publication of the toolkit several important human rights publications have been published, including:
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Legal toolkit now available in Finnish and Greek
We are excited to present our newest translations of the OII Europe & ILGA-Europe Legal Toolkit “Protecting Intersex People in Europe: A toolkit for law and policy makers” into two European languages: Finnish and Greek! You can download the pdf below: Downloads: Legal Toolkit and Checklists Find more translations of the toolkit here: You can…
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OCHRONA OSÓB INTERPŁCIOWYCH W EUROPIE: PODRĘCZNIK DLA PRAWNIKÓW I DECYDENTÓW
We are happy to present the Polish translation of the Legal Toolkit and Checklist by our Polish colleagues! See below for the download link. “Z okazji Dnia Wiedzy o Interpłciowości przedstawiamy Państwu polską wersję językową podręcznika oraz towarzyszącej mu listę kontrolnej. Jest to jedno z naszych działań mających na celu budowanie świadomości na temat naruszania praw człowieka osób interpłciowych i abyśmy mogli wspólnie pracować nad zapewnieniem ochrony…
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Zaštita interseks osoba u Evropi: Priručnik za pravnike i zakonodavce
We are excited to present the Serbian language translation of the OII Europe and ILGA-Europe Legal Toolkit “Protecting Intersex People in Europe: A toolkit for law and policy makers”. This edition has been made in cooperation with XY Spectrum and the Heinrich Böll Stiftung
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Intergeschlechtliche Menschen in Europa schützen: Ein Toolkit für Gesetzgeber_innen und politische Entscheidungsträger_innen
Wir freuen uns die deutschsprachige Übersetzung des Legal Toolkits von OII Europe und ILGA-Europe„Protecting Intersex People in Europe: A toolkit for law and policy makers„ präsentieren zu können. Die deutschsprachige Version wurde von OII Germany erstellt. DOWNLOAD: You can download the toolkit as PDF (860kB) here
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Proteger a las personas intersex en Europa: Una caja de herramientas para la elaboración de leyes y políticas públicas
Nos complace anunciar y compartir con ustedes la versión en español del Legal Toolkit de ILGA-Europa y OII Europa: “Proteger a las personal intersex en Europa: Una caja de herramientas para la elaboración de leyes y políticas públicas” La autonomía corporal -tomar decisiones informadas sobre el propio cuerpo y lo que le sucede- es un…
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Protéger Les Personnes Intersexes En Europe
Nous sommes heureux de partager avec vous aujourd’hui la version française “Protéger Les Personnes Intersexes En Europe : Guide Pour Les Législateur Ice S Et Les Décideur Euse S Politiques” de la boîte à outils ILGA-Europe et OII Europe destinée aux législateurs et aux décideurs politiques pour protéger les personnes intersexes en Europe ! veuillez…
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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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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: 10. Jul 2026 check back for more checklist translations in the future
