Intersex
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Derechos Humanos Y Personas Intersex – documento temático (español)
We are happy to present the spanish translation of the Issue Paper on “Human Rights and Intersex people” by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Mr. Nils Muižnieks (Derechos Humanos Y Personas Intersex – documento temático en español). The paper comprehensively maps how the medical norms of so-called female and male…
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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 Germany With the publication “On the current state of cosmetic surgery of ‘ambiguous’ genitalia in childhood” by Ulrike Kloeppel[1], for the first time sound quantitative data on cosmetic genital surgeries performed on children throughout Germany…
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Launch of “Human Rights and Intersex People” (CHRCoE) and “The fundamental rights situation of intersex people” (FRA)
Recording of the intersex side event of May 12th at IDAHO Forum 2015 in Montenegro where the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe (CoE) launched two important papers on intersex human rights. 00:00 Introduction by Lauri Sivonen, Adviser at the Office of…
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OII-Europe applauds Malta’s Gender Identity, Gender Expression And Sex Characteristics Act
This is a landmark case for intersex rights within European law reform As the year 2014 comes to a close historic reform is taking place within the Maltese law code. With the addition of sex characteristic’s to the Gender Identity, Gender Expression And Sex Characteristics Act, historic steps are being taken to bring forth an…
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Statement of the European Intersex Meeting in Riga, 2014
On Wednesday, the 8th of October the European Intersex Meeting took place in Riga. Under the umbrella of OII Europe and facilitated by ILGA Europe, this meeting gathered European intersex organisations working for intersex human rights. The goal of the meeting was to identify objectives and strategies to advocate for the full implementation of human…
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A preliminary study on the life situations of inter* individuals
Human Rights between the Sexes A preliminary study on the life situations of inter* individuals With the present study by Dan Christian Ghattas the Heinrich Böll Stiftung names the largely invisible discrimination against intersex individuals and, in doing so, brings it to light. We offer a first overview of the life situations of intersex individuals…
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Sham package for Intersex: Leaving sex entry open is not an option
On its website, the German Bundestag proclaims: “In the future it will be possible to leave the gender specification in the birth registry open for children who are born without a clear gender.” This statement suggests that the Bundestag created a choice for parents of intersex children to leave the sex registry open. In fact,…
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First ever European Intersex NGO founded. OII Europe sets up work on Intersex Human Right Issues.
Welcome to OII Europe! Tuesday 12 December 2012Stockholm OII Europe, Europe’s first Umbrella-Intersex-NGO was founded on Human Rights Day, 10 December, during the Second Intersex Forum at Stockholm. This is a significant day for the European Intersex Movement and it will ensure the further adoption of Human Rights for Intersex people all over Europe. Throughout…
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