Council of Europe
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Europe Goes Purple
Europe Goes Purple Campaign This year for the Intersex Awareness Weeks (26 Oct – 8 Nov) we join together with the Council of Europe SOGIESC Unit for the #EuropeGoesPurple campaign! Sunday, 26 October marks Intersex Awareness Day 2025. Our Campaign #EuropeGoesPurple is a joint Council of Europe (SOGIESC Unit) & OII Europe initiative, for raising…
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Watershed Moment for Intersex Equality: Council of Europe Sets First-ever Comprehensive Standard for Protection of Intersex Rights Across Europe
The Council of Europe’s 46 Member States have unanimously adopted the Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons, setting out the most comprehensive framework to date for protecting the human rights of intersex people across Europe. Today, 7 October, 2025, marks a watershed moment for intersex human…
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Good Practice Map 2023
We celebrate the publication of our Good Practice Map 2023, highlighting achievements towards intersex human rights across Europe.
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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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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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Advancing the Human Rights of Intersex People Conference – Council of Europe
We are excited to share with you the conference ADVANCING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERSEX PEOPLE – 26 January 2023 13:00-18:00 CET – Council of Europe Strasbourg / online The Conference is hosted in the framework of Iceland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, organised by the SOGI Unit in…
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M v. France decision:
The European Court of Human Rights finds the complaint inadmissable, but sets the basis for the qualification of IGM as torture Press Release (download as PDF) On Thursday 19 May 2022, the European Court of Human Rights communicated its decision on the case M c. France (42821/18). While the Court rejected the application on procedural…
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Good Practice Map 2021
Today, on the 17th of May 2022, OII Europe is proud to present its 2021 Good Practice Map! The map highlights advancement achieved in 2021 towards the better protection of intersex human rights across Europe.
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LBTI Women in Sports: violence, discrimination and lived experiences
In March 2021, a coalition of European networks working on LGBTI rights and including ILGA Europe, EL*C, TGEU, OII Europe and EGLSF submitted to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe a briefing note on violence and discrimination against LBTI women in sport. The PACE has drawn attention to gender-based violence and discrimination in…
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Good Practice Map 2020
Today, 17th of May 2021, OII Europe is proud to present the Intersex Good Practice Map 2020. The map features nine examples of good practices from the areas of policy action, data collection, monitoring, legal gender recognition, campaigning, anti-discrimination, legislation against hate speech/crime and funding training & counseling.
