Kitty Anderson
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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 in its 11th version, which will be presented for final approval to the World Health Assembly in 2019. It is the first time since 1992 that the ICD has been reviewed. On positive note trans…
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[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…
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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…
