Human Rights

UN report condemns violence against LGBT and intersex people

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Overnight, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has issued a new report, “Discrimination and violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity”, A/HRC/29/23, which includes detailed reference to intersex and other LGBTI persons. OII Australia warmly welcomes this report, which for the first time calls for an…
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OII Europe: two milestones for intersex human rights in Europe

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OII Europe: two milestones for intersex human rights in Europe

OII-Europe PRESS RELEASE Two milestones for intersex human rights in Europe on the same day. At the IDAHO Forum 2015 in Montenegro, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe and the Fundamental Rights Agency launched two documents that represent a true tipping point for the achievement of intersex human rights. The Issue…
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The real Michael Phelps girlfriend story

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The real Michael Phelps girlfriend story

Claudia Astorino writes in The Guardian newspaper on the real Michael Phelps girlfriend story: To the media outlets interested in writing truthfully about intersex people: focus on who we are as human beings. Raise awareness that we exist, and that we’re fighting for our basic human rights: it’s been routine since the 50s to medically…
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Employers’ guide to intersex inclusion

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Employers’ guide to intersex inclusion

OII Australia is proud and delighted to partner with Pride in Diversity to publish the Employers’ guide to intersex inclusion. Written by Morgan Carpenter and Dawn Hough, the guide is kindly sponsored by IBM. Download the Employers’ guide to intersex inclusion (PDF). A world-first, the guide presents information about intersex for employers, including: An introduction…
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Council of Europe’s statement on intersex people’s need for equal rights!

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In recognition of the upcoming International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17th, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights has released the statement, A boy or a girl or a person — intersex people lack recognition in Europe. The statement examines the intense difficulties and human rights abuses  – such as “normalizing”…
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OII Australia comments on the High Court case NSW Registrar v Norrie

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OII Australia has commented on the Australian High court Case New South Wales Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages v Norrie, noting that Australian regulations and legislation since 2003 have had a similar trajectory in the recognition of a third classification of sex or gender: The High Court has ruled that NSW laws do permit…
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OII Thanks UN’s Navi Pillay

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On December 10, 2012, a group of over two dozen intersex organizations and leaders from around the world, spearheaded by the Organisation Intersex International (OII), and our affiliates in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South and North America, published and delivered an open letter titled, “A Call for the Inclusion of Human Rights for Intersex People”,…
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