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Amnesty International launches first ever Report on Intersex People
Today our secretary Kitty Anderson is in Copenhagen for the launch of the Amnesty International report of the human rights violations that children with variations of sex characteristics face. The research focuses on the situation in Denmark and Germany although the general reccomendations are applicable widely. We would like to thank Amnesty International, Amnesty Denmark…
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Issue Paper COHR – Themenpapier
We are happy to present the german translation of the Issue Paper on “Human Rights and Intersex people” by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Mr. Nils Muižnieks! The paper comprehensively maps how the medical norms of so-called female and male bodies have led to routine, non-consensual, medical interventions based on…
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Recent Study on the Frequency of Genital Surgeries on Children Performed in Germany
Recent Study on the Frequency of Genital Surgeries on Children Performed in Germany. Summary of the main findings from OII Germany With the publication “On the current state of cosmetic surgery of ‘ambiguous’ genitalia in childhood” by Ulrike Kloeppel[1], for the first time sound quantitative data on cosmetic genital surgeries performed on children throughout Germany…
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Statement of OII Europe on Intersex, Disability and the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities
Introduction The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the latest human rights treaty body to address the violations of the rights of the intersex community. The Committee’s recommendations to the Federal Republic of Germany recognise the importance of protecting, promoting and fulfilling the rights of intersex individuals.
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We applaud the statement of the Conference of the German Ministers for Women and Equalities
In October 2014 the Conference of the German Ministers for Women and Equalities affirmed that interventions that modify the sex characteristics of an intersex person constitute human rights violations referenced in Article 2. Abs. 2 Satz 1 GG of the German Constitution. The Conference of the German Ministers for Women and Equalities has furthermore equated…
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Sham package for Intersex: Leaving sex entry open is not an option
On its website, the German Bundestag proclaims: “In the future it will be possible to leave the gender specification in the birth registry open for children who are born without a clear gender.” This statement suggests that the Bundestag created a choice for parents of intersex children to leave the sex registry open. In fact,…
