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IGM

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Submission to the call for evidence for the initiative on the “Prevention of harmful practices against women and girls”

From the introduction: To this day, intersex individuals (also called: persons with a variation of sex characteristics), including but not  [Continue Reading]

August 1, 2022 by Editorial

Filed Under: Europe, Submissions Tagged With: Europe, European Commission, Girls, harmful-practices, IGM, Submissions, Women

Landmark moment as Greek Parliament votes to ban IGM and protect the human rights of intersex minors

OII Europe Press Release 21-07-2022 On July 19th, 2022, in a watershed moment, The Greek Parliament voted in favour of  [Continue Reading]

July 21, 2022 by Editorial

Filed Under: Press Releases Tagged With: children, Greece, IGM, Law, Legislation, protection

The European Court of Human Rights finds the complaint inadmissable, but sets the basis for the qualification of IGM as torture

M v. France decision:

The European Court of Human Rights finds the complaint inadmissable, but sets the basis for the qualification of IGM as  [Continue Reading]

May 24, 2022 by Editorial

Filed Under: Council of Europe, ECHR, Europe, Press Releases Tagged With: Council of Europe, ECHR, European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights, IGM, Press release

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.

May 17, 2022 by Editorial

Filed Under: Europe, Map, OII Europe Publications, Press Releases Tagged With: Anti-discrimination, austria, Council of Europe, Finland, france, Germany, Greece, Hate Crime, Hate Speech, IGM, Policy Action, Research, Scotland, Serbia, Training

A good first step: Germany adopts law banning IGM. But there is still room for improvement

A good first step: Germany adopts law banning IGM. But there is still room for improvement.

On March 25, 2021, the German Bundestag adopted a draft law from the federal government “for the protection of children with variants of sex development”i (19/24686). The law provides a first, yet non-comprehensive, framework to protect intersex children from non-vital, non-emergency medical interventions.

March 30, 2021 by Editorial

Filed Under: Germany, Press Releases Tagged With: Germany, IGM, Legislation

IGM

While many legal contexts do not explicitly address intersex genital mutilation (IGM), female genital mutilation (FGM) is widely addressed in the European legal landscape…

February 4, 2021 by Editorial

Filed Under: Library, Topics Tagged With: FGM, Genital Mutilation, IGM

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Recent survey shows high rate of medical interventions on intersex people lack consent

Intersex people are still subject to invasive and often irreversible medical or surgical treatments to modify their sex characteristics, mainly to align them to social standards of so-called male and female bodies.

As the latest FRA EU-LGBTI II Survey Report confirms, the majority of such treatments lack the free and informed consent of the person concerned.

May 15, 2020 by Editorial

Filed Under: Europe, Infographics, Library Tagged With: consent, FRA, Human Rights, human rights violations, IGM, Survey

EU Strategy on victims’ rights (2020-2025) Joint submission

One component of work under the Victim’s Rights Directive relating to violence against women and girls is combatting female genital mutilation (FGM). In order to also address the human rights violations that intersex infants and children face, the future Directive should also include intersex genital mutilation (IGM) as a key focus.

April 2, 2020 by Editorial

Filed Under: Submissions Tagged With: EU, EU Strategy, Europe, FGM, IGM, Submissions, Victims' rights

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  [Continue Reading]

June 19, 2018 by Editorial

Filed Under: 2018, Human Rights, International, Press Releases, UN, United Nations Tagged With: 2018, Dan Ghattas, Human Rights, IGM, International, Intersex, intersex people, Kitty Anderson, OII Europe, Press release, UN, United Nations

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  [Continue Reading]

February 5, 2017 by Editorial

Filed Under: Germany, International Tagged With: Human Rights, IGM, International, Intersex, medicine, Study, surgery

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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  [Continue Reading]

November 1, 2014 by Editorial

Filed Under: Germany, Press Releases Tagged With: FGM, Genital Mutilation, german ministers, Human Rights, IGM

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