Editorial
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Equality betrayed: Commission unilaterally gives up on anti-discrimination law
European Civil Society condemns the European Commission’s announcement to withdraw the proposed Directive on anti-discrimination as a betrayal of fundamental rights at a critical moment for democracy and equality in the EU. On 12 February, the Commission publicly announced its intention to withdraw the proposal for the Equal Treatment Directive. This legislative measure aims to…
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Law Beyond the Binary in Europe and Central Asia – Survey
Are you non-binary? Do you live in Europe or Central Asia? Are you 18 years or older? If so, OII Europe wants to hear from you! Along with ILGA Europe, Transgender Europe and four academic organisers, OII Europe is partnering on a survey of non-binary people and the law in Europe and Central Asia. Our…
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Legal toolkit now available in Finnish and Greek
We are excited to present our newest translations of the OII Europe & ILGA-Europe Legal Toolkit “Protecting Intersex People in Europe: A toolkit for law and policy makers” into two European languages: Finnish and Greek! You can download the pdf below: Downloads: Legal Toolkit and Checklists Find more translations of the toolkit here: You can…
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IGM Ban Indicators now available in French and German
We are happy to share two new translations of the OII Europe “Indicators for effective protection of the rights of intersex people, in particular protection from IGM”! You can now download both the French version and the German version here from our website. Downloads:
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Intersex Refugees & Asylum Seeker – Flyer, now available in German, Greek and Polish!
We are excited to present our newest translations of the Intersex Refugees & Asylum Seeker flyer into three European languages: More on the topic Please also visit our dedicated page on Intersex Refugees and Asylum Seekers. There you find our toolkit and the video recording of our toolkit-launch-event of a panel with experts and intersex…
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Our collective vision for gender equality in the EU – Joint CSO Statement
Today on December 10th 2024, OII Europe unites together with AGE Platform Europe, Amnesty International, Center for Reproductive Rights, EL*C – Eurocentralasian Lesbian* Community, End FGM European Network, European Sex Workers Rights Alliance, IGLYO, ILGA-Europe, International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network (IPPF EN), La Strada International, Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) and…
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Recordings of the OII Europe Online Public Conference 2024
The OII Europe Online Public Conference 2024 was held on September 27th, 2024. The recordings of the Public Conference are now available on the OII Europe YouTube channel. Please find the below! Keynote speech by Michael van Gelderen, human rights officer at the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) – introduced by Kristian Ranđelović, Co-chair of…
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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…
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Call for action! Sign the joint statement that welcomes the report on the right to participate in sports
We’re calling on individuals and organizations to sign a statement affirming the right of trans, gender diverse, and intersex people to participate in sports without any form of discrimination. The signatories’ organizations welcome the report on the right to participate in sports by Alexandra Xanthaki, the United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural…
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Worrying attacks on intersex rights in Denmark
OII Europe comment on worrying attacks against intersex rights by former Danish Minister for Gender Equality Release date: 10 September 2024 OII Europe wishes to express its profound concern over an opinion piece by ex-Danish Minister for Gender Equality[1], Marie Bjerre, which was published in a prominent Danish newspaper on the 14th of August, during…
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Groundbreaking WHO publication calls for end of sex-normalizing surgeries
A group of researchers affiliated with the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a systematic review focused on medical rationales for sex-normalising surgeries; the outcomes of that review were published recently (29.8.24). This publication is truly groundbreaking, because WHO Article https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pgph.0003568IHRA Press Release https://intersexdepath.org/global-bioethics-statement-calls-for-end-to-medically-unnecessary-intersex-surgeries/ “medically unnecessary genital surgeries imposed on prepubertal children and infants violate their…
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Infographics – Findings from the FRA LGBTIQ Survey 2023
On May 14th 2024, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published the third edition of its survey on LGBTIQ people, providing up-to-date information on the lives of LGBTIQ people in the 27 EU Member States and EU candidate countries of Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia. This year’s survey saw a significant increase in…
