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A, B, and C v. Ireland [GC], no. 25579/05, §§ 107-108 (2010) A.P., Garçon and Nicot v. France, nos. 79885/12, 52471/13 and 52596/13 (2017) Afiri et Mohamed Biddari, no. 1828/18 (2018) Arskaya v. Ukraine, no. 45076/05 (2011) Bataliny v. Russia, no. 10060/07, § 55 (2015) Bouyid v. Belgium, [GC] no. 23380/09 (2015) Costa and Pavan … Continue reading European Court of Human Rights decisions relying on the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine

Since 2011, six UN committees have called on numerous nations around the world to prohibit non-consensual gender-conforming interventions on children with variations of sex characteristics, as well as to provide redress for victims of bodily mutilation and other harms caused by these procedures.  These recommendations have largely been issued in response to the work of … Continue reading UN reprimands of gender-conforming interventions on children with intersex conditions and variations of sex characteristics

This blog is a resource for scholars and others interested in medical and legal scholarship – as well as recommendations from human rights authorities – related to biomedical practices that impact gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, but especially children born with variations in sex characteristics, sometimes known as intersex conditions. Any tips are also … Continue reading About this blog…