Intersex Awareness Day 2016

Speaking ahead of Intersex Awareness Day on 26 October, a group of United Nations and international human rights experts is calling for an urgent end to human rights violations against intersex children and adults. They urge Governments to prohibit harmful medical practices on intersex children, including unnecessary surgery and treatment without their informed consent, and sterilization.

2020-08-04T11:15:53+00:00October 24th, 2016|Categories: ACHPR, CAT, CEDAW, CESCR, COE, CRC, CRPD, HRC, OAS, UN|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

OAS-IACHR-2015 – Violence against LGBTI Persons in the Americas

OAS-IACHR-2015 - Violence against LGBTI Persons in the Americas - In 2015, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights paid much attention to intersex rights in the report Violence against LGBTI Persons in the Americas. Chapter 4, section E, is entirely devoted to human rights violations that intersex people experience. (OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc.36/15 Rev.2)

2020-08-04T21:26:05+00:00November 12th, 2015|Categories: IACHR, OAS|Tags: , , , , |
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