intersex rights
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Making Sense of the Victims’ Rights and Equality Bodies Directives – new brochure
OII Europe is happy to launch the publication of a new brochure entitled “Making Sense of the Victims’ Rights and Equality Bodies Directives”! Have you ever wondered what the EU Victims’ Rights Directive or the Equality Bodies’ Directives are or how they could be relevant for intersex rights? These Directives, adopted in 2026 and 2024…
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Direct attack on intersex rights in Turkey: Urgent action needed
OII Europe expresses its deep concern regarding a lawsuit that has been filed in Turkey against the Chair of 17 May Association, Defne Güzel, on charges of violating the Law on Associations, based on the Turkish translation of one OII Europe’s publications #MyIntersexStory, as well as an exhibition about the climate crisis entitled Children, Roe…
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“Intersex people lack recognition in Europe” – Comment by Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner
A boy or a girl or a person, intersex people lack recognition in Europe On 1 March, Fox News presenter Clayton Morris had to apologise for his “ignorant and stupid” comments mocking the new gender options for Facebook profiles which allow users to register as intersex. The TV presenter had ridiculed the move of the…
