ECtHR
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South Africa: third-party intervention in Semenya v. Switzerland
The International Commission of Jurists, the Organisation Intersex International Europe and the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association jointly filed a third-party intervention before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in a case concerning the South African athlete Caster Semenya. In July 2023, in its…
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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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Joint Submission to the European Court of Human Rights: L.B. v France
OII Europe, together with AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe), the Dutch Council for Refugees (DCR), the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), ILGA-Europe, and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) put forward a submission to intervene jointly to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of LB v France…
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Submission to the European Court of Human Rights: M against France
The present case concerns the breach of bodily integrity through sex-assignement procedures on intersex children and the obstacles faced when seeking reparation before the Courts.
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Submission to the European Court of Human Rights: Y against France
From the introduction: These written comments are submitted on behalf of OII Europe (Organisation Intersex International Europe e.V.), ILGA-Europe (European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association), and C.I.A. (Collectif intersexes et allié-e-s) pursuant to leave granted by the President of the Fifth Section. The present case concerns the French authorities’…