Recommendation
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Animated video on the Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons
We are excited to share this animated video with you by the Council of Europe on the recommendation on equal rights for intersex persons! To learn more about the recommendation and additional materials, we have prepared a few quick links and references below. Further information on the CM/REC(2025)/7 Watershed Moment for Intersex Equality: Council of…
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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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Joint civil society letter to the European Commission on Recommendation on harmful practices
OII-Europe, together with around 80 civil society organisations, healthcare professionals and academics working to advance women’s rights and the rights of LGBTIQ people, addressed a letter to President von der Leyen to express our deep concern at the long delay in the publication of the European Commission Recommendation on the prevention of harmful practices against…
