OII Europe
Organisation Intersex International Europe
A good first step: Germany adopts law banning IGM. But there is still room for improvement.
On March 25, 2021, the German Bundestag adopted a draft law from the federal government “for the protection of children with variants of sex development”i (19/24686). The law provides a first, yet non-comprehensive, framework to protect intersex children from non-vital, non-emergency medical interventions.
Germany misses the chance for basing its 3rd gender marker law on human rights. On December 13th Germany adopted the [Continue Reading]
On 15 August 2018, a new draft bill to adjust legal sex registration of intersex persons was made public in [Continue Reading]
We are excited to present the German translation of our toolkit “Standing up for the human rights of intersex people”
Today our secretary Kitty Anderson is in Copenhagen for the launch of the Amnesty International report of the human rights [Continue Reading]
We are happy to present the german translation of the Issue Paper on “Human Rights and Intersex people” by the [Continue Reading]
Recent Study on the Frequency of Genital Surgeries on Children Performed in Germany. Summary of the main findings from OII [Continue Reading]
Introduction The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the latest human rights treaty body to address the [Continue Reading]
In October 2014 the Conference of the German Ministers for Women and Equalities affirmed that interventions that modify the sex [Continue Reading]
On its website, the German Bundestag proclaims: “In the future it will be possible to leave the gender specification in [Continue Reading]
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