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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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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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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…
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OII Europe strongly condemns the hate speech against two athletes competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris
Hateful attacks against athletes Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting fueled by sports federations’ sex testing practices. “Every person has the right to practise sport without discrimination” International Olympic Committee OII Europe strongly condemns the hate speech against two athletes competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The hateful rhetoric centres around speculations about their…
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OII Germany & OII Europe comment on deeply concerning German Family Court decision authorising an intervention on an intersex minor
Introduction In a recent decision from March 6th 2024, a German Family Court from Baden-Württemberg decided on a case brought forward by the parents of an intersex minor diagnosed with a form of CAH[1], who had requested authorisation to consent to an intervention to modify the minor’s sex characteristics. While Germany has a law that…
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OII Europe commentary on adopted VAW & DV Directive
On May 7th 2024, the EU Member States adopted1 the Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, following adoption in Parliament on April 24th2. For over 2 years, OII Europe has been closely following the legislative process, through, among others, the preparation of a submission3 to the European Commission in May 2022, participation…
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Joint Statement: Milestone for trans and intersex rights in Europe
ILGA-Europe, TGEU, OII Europe, IGLYO and EL*C jointly welcome the inclusion of SOGIGESC grounds in new EU Directive on minimum standards for equality bodies. On 7 May 2024, two new directives on minimum standards for equality bodies were officially adopted by the EU. One of the directives includes in its recitals and articles the grounds…
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South Africa: third-party intervention in Semenya v. Switzerland
The International Commission of Jurists, the Organisation Intersex International Europe and the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association jointly filed a third-party intervention before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in a case concerning the South African athlete Caster Semenya. In July 2023, in its…
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Good Practice Map 2023
We celebrate the publication of our Good Practice Map 2023, highlighting achievements towards intersex human rights across Europe.
