Human Rights
OII-USA’s Viloria published in The Advocate regarding issues with Germany’s third gender law
OII-USA Director Hida Viloria’s essay, “Germany’s Third Gender Law Fails on Equality”, discusses how this new law gives intersex babies less equal rights, how Australia’s law only applies to intersex adults, not babies, and why it is so much better than Germany’s. Click here to read.
Read MoreViloria’s “Germany’s Third Gender Law: Not What Intersex People Most Need”, in The Global Herald
Please read OII-USA Director Hida Viloria’s essay “Germany’s Third Gender Law: Not What Intersex People Most Need” for the facts about the new law, and why members of OII Germany and other German intersex advocacy groups are not thrilled with it.
Read MoreViloria Interviewed on BBC World Services Radio regarding Germany’s third gender law
OII-USA Director Hida Viloria speaks about Germany’s new third gender law and why it doesn’t go far enough in attaining human rights for intersex people, on the BBC World Services’ program World Have Your Say.
Read MoreGermany’s New Third Gender Law Places Intersex Babies at Risk
[We would like to note a correction to this original post: some intersex advocates were consulted in the creation of this new law, but their concerns were not addressed by it.] Germany’s new third gender law becomes effective today, and has been hailed as a groundbreaking advancement for intersex people, but every intersex advocacy organization…
Read MoreAustralian Senate Releases Groundbreaking Report on Intersex People
We are very grateful to OII Australia for their work on getting this report published. Statement on the Senate report ‘Involuntary or coerced sterilisation of intersex people in Australia’ By Morgan on 29 October 2013 in Editorials, FAQs / Key Data, Health and medical ethics, Human rights,Media releases. The joint, cross-party report, “Involuntary or coerced sterilisation of intersex people in Australia”, was published…
Read MoreEurope adopts historic resolution on children’s right to physical integrity!
The Council of Europe is an an international organization which focuses on promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Europe, and is comprised of 47 member nations. On October 1st, 2013, it adopted a resolution on the protection of children’s rights to physical integrity which included intersex people. The Council of Europe’s Resolution 1952, “Childen’s right…
Read MoreViloria in The Advocate on “Why We Need to Protect Intersex Babies”
We’re very pleased that The Advocate has shown a continuing interest in educating its many readers on intersex issues! The essay not only educates regarding the discrimination and harm involved in non-medically necessary cosmetic genital surgery and sex reassignment of intersex babies (a.k.a. “Intersex Genital Mutilation”/IGM), but helps people understand and make important decisions about…
Read More1st ever EU policy document referring to intersex people released!
Ins — 25 June 2013 Press Release OII Europe The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union adopted Guidelines To Promote and Protect the Enjoyment of All Human Rights by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Persons. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/137584.pdf OII Europe congratulates the Council on providing comprehensive and legally binding instructions to EU institutions and Member states…
Read MoreIntersex people included in anti-discrimination legislation for 1st time in history! Go OII Australia!
We celebrate this fantastic, historic victory for intersex people! Morgan from OII Australia reports. OII Australia is relieved and excited at the passing of the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Bill 2013, without a vote at 8:30pm, AEST. For the first time in Australia, and for the first time internationally,…
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