International
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List of intersex specific shadow reports to UN committees from CoE Region and from countries monitoring the CoE Region – Update March 2024
Download our list of intersex specific shadow reports from CoE Region and from countries monitoring the CoE Region with links to them | March 2024 NOTE If any of the links doesn’t work or isn’t clickable please copy the link and paste it in your browser’s address bar.
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WHO publishes ICD-11 – and no end in sight for pathologisation of intersex people
Find a Spanish version here. On June 18 2018, the World Health Organization published the new International Classification of Diseases in its 11th version, which will be presented for final approval to the World Health Assembly in 2019. It is the first time since 1992 that the ICD has been reviewed. On positive note trans…
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International Intersex Human Rights Movement – Resource List
Download our list to the international intersex human rights movement with links to Human Rights documents adressing intersex and important events
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ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΖΟΝΤΑΣ ΤΑ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΝΑ ΔΙΚΑΙΩΜΑΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΙΝΤΕΡΣΕΞ ΑΤΟΜΩΝ ΠΩΣ ΜΠΟΡΕΙΣ ΝΑ ΒΟΗΘΗΣΕΙΣ;
We are excited to present the Greek translation of our toolkit “Standing up for the human rights of intersex people”
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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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4th International Intersex Forum – Media Statement
Between the 20th and 23rd of April 2017, a Fourth International Intersex Forum was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The world’s largest intersex human rights forum to date was attended by 40 representatives of intersex organisations and independent advocates across all regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Post-Soviet countries, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, and Oceania.…
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MAP: Situation of intersex people in the world // 4th International Intersex Forum
Situation of intersex people in the world // 4th International Intersex Forum Create bar charts Map created by Loé from the Collectif Intersexes et Allié.e.s (France), thank you!
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STATEMENT of the 1st European Intersex Community Event (Vienna, 30st – 31st of March 2017)
On the 30th – 31st of March 2017 in Vienna, Austria the first OII Europe community event took place. During the community event 28 Intersex people from 16 Council of Europe member states, some activists and some not, came together to share their experiences, and their varied objectives and strategies for the full implementation of…
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Derechos Humanos Y Personas Intersex – documento temático (español)
We are happy to present the spanish 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 (Derechos Humanos Y Personas Intersex – documento temático en español). The paper comprehensively maps how the medical norms of so-called female and male…
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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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Intersex intervention at the public consultation convened by the UN Independent Expert on SOGI
On the 24th to 25th of January 2017 the UN Independent Expert on SOGI, Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn, convened a public consultation in Geneva including States’ representatives, United Nations agencies, programmes and funds, regional human rights mechanisms, National Human Rights Institutions and civil society organizations. The consultation offered a platform of dialogue between participants, including facilitating…
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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,…
