Library
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Semenya v. Switzerland
We welcome today’s ruling of the ECtHR in the case of Semenya v. Switzerland. The Court found a violation of art. 14 together with art. 8, for discrimination on grounds of sex and sex characteristics. Caster Semenya – an international level athlete – had stopped participating in competitions following the International Association of Athletics Federations’…
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Video Message by Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović for the Participants of the OII Europe Community Event & Public Conference 2023 in Paris, France
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has delivered a powerful video message for the Participants of the OII Europe Community Event & Public Conference 2023, held in Paris, France.
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Video Message by European Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli for the Participants of the OII Europe Community Event & Public Conference 2023 in Paris, France
European Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli has delivered a powerful video message for the Participants of the OII Europe Community Event & Public Conference 2023, held in Paris, France. #UnionOfEquality https://twitter.com/helenadalli
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Good Practice Map 2022
Today, on the 11th of May 2023, OII Europe is happy to present its Good Practice Map 2022! The map highlights advancements achieved in 2022 towards the better protection of intersex human rights across Europe.
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OII Europe Annual Report 2022
From the Introduction: The year 2022 has been a year of changes: of very good changes, like OII Europe’s first European Commission framework partnership agreement which has resulted in substantial stability and the much needed increase of the organisation’s policy staff. But it has also been a year of feeling the impact of the still…
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Intersections: The LGBTI II Survey – Intersex Analysis
On May 3rd, ILGA Europe published the fourth report of Intersections, its series of reports that seek to deep-dive into the data of the European Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) 2019 LGBTI Survey II. This briefing, on which we worked together with ILGA-Europe, presents and summarises the most relevant data about the experiences of intersex people in…
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Category: Woman – Documentary
We are happy to be presenting partners together with Human Rights Watch for the documentary Category: Woman. It premieres on Friday, 17 March 2023 in London during the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Category: Woman is an urgent documentary highlighting the policing of women’s bodies in sport – and what happens when sexism and racism…
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Press Release Y v. France ECHR decision
Press Release 22. February 2023 On 31 January 2023, the European Court of Human Rights released its judgement in the case of Y v. France. The case concerned the French authorities’ refusal to allow for the “male” gender marker of the applicant, an intersex person, to be replaced by “neutral” or “intersex” on the person’s…
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Comment on Y v. France ECHR decision
The European Court of Human Rights did not find a violation of Art. 8 ECHR in a case about access to neutral gender marker On 31 January 2023, the European Court of Human Rights released its judgement in the case of Y v. France (application no. 76888/17). The case concerned the French authorities’ refusal to…
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Unterstützen Sie Ihr intergeschlechtliches Kind
We are happy to present the German translation of our parents toolkit Supporting your intersex child – A parents’ toolkit! This version has been amended with information on the situation in Austria and Switzerland. The original English version was created in cooperation with ILGYO and EPA.
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#MyIntersexStory now translated into Turkish
#BenimİnterseksHikayem We are very happy to present the Turkish translation of our testimonial book “#MyIntersexStory – Personal accounts by intersex people living in Europe” with fifteen testimonies by intersex people and their families and with fifteen colourful illustrations by intersex artist and OII Europe staff member Ins A Kromminga. This book also includes a text…
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OII Europe Intersex Refugees & Asylum Seekers Flyer
Intersex refugees and asylum seekers can often experience a range of additional problems due to being intersex. OII Europe is working towards increasing intersex sensitivity and knowledge among professionals working with intersex refugees and asylum seekers. With our new flyer we highlight specific needs of intersex refugees and asylum seekers and provide a list of…
Categories: Europe, flyer, Human Rights, Intersex People, Library, OII Europe Publications, Refugees & Asylum Seekers
