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List of intersex specific shadow reports to UN committees from CoE Region and from countries monitoring the CoE Region

Download our list of intersex specific shadow reports from CoE Region and from countries monitoring the CoE Region with links [Continue Reading]

WHO publishes ICD-11 – and no end in sight for pathologisation of intersex people

Find a Spanish version here. On June 18 2018, the World Health Organization published the new International Classification of Diseases [Continue Reading]

International Intersex Human Rights Movement – Resource List – Update June 2018

Download our list to the international intersex human rights movement with links to Human Rights documents adressing intersex and important events

ZALAGANJE ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA INTERPOLNIH OSOBA – KAKO MOŽEŠ DA POMOGNEŠ?

We are excited to present the Serbo-Croatian translation of our toolkit “Standing up for the human rights of intersex people [Continue Reading]

Az Interszex emberek emberi jogainak védelme. Hogyan segíthetsz te?

OII Europe is exited to announce the translation of “Standing up for the human rights of intersex people – How [Continue Reading]

Amnesty International launches first ever Report on Intersex People

Today our secretary Kitty Anderson is in Copenhagen for the launch of the Amnesty International report of the human rights [Continue Reading]

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 [Continue Reading]

Intersex intervention at the public consultation convened by the UN Independent Expert on SOGI

On the 24th to 25th of January 2017 the UN Independent Expert on SOGI, Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn, convened a public [Continue Reading]

Interseks bireylerin insan haklarını savunmak. Nasıl yardım edebilirsiniz?

OII Europe is exited to announce the translation of “Standing up for the human rights of intersex people – How [Continue Reading]

[VIDEO] Frontline Dispatches: Intersex Children And Medical Sex Assignment – Whose Right To Choose?

“European countries have been slow in recognising and upholding the human rights of intersex people and the gender diversity they represent,” wrote Nils Muižnieks, the Commissioner for Human Rights, in a ground-breaking 2015 report on the self-determination and physical integrity of intersex people.

He added: “It is urgent to end unnecessary medical treatment and surgery of intersex individuals without their consent; to respect their right not to undergo sex assignment treatment; to review medical classifications which treat variations in sex characteristics as a pathology; and to ensure intersex persons’ right to self-determination by facilitating their legal recognition in official documents.”

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