Zwischengeschlecht
| Type | NGO |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Intersex human rights |
Region served | Switzerland |
| Website | (German) Zwischengeschlecht, (English) Zwischengeschlecht |
Zwischengeschlecht (literally "between sexes") is a human rights advocacy group campaigning on intersex bodily autonomy issues. The group demonstrates outside medical events where surgical interventions are discussed or performed,[1] engages with the media, and participates in consultations with human rights institutions.
Report of National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics
Zwischengeschlecht were consulted by the Swiss National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics in the preparation of an Opinion report, On the management of differences of sex development, Ethical issues relating to "intersexuality" in November 2012.[2] The report is notable for making a clear apology for damage done to intersex people in the past, and up until the present. It recommends deferring all "non-trivial" surgeries which have "irreversible consequences". The report also recommended criminal sanction for non-medically necessary genital surgeries.
International activities
Zwischengeschlecht participated in the third International Intersex Forum in late 2013,[3] and also contributed to a joint statement to the United Nations Human Rights Council on 11 March 2014.[4][5][6][7]
Civil status and equality legislation
Zwischengeschlecht have described media coverage of moves to create a third gender classification as "silly season fantasies"; the main goal is to stop intersex genital mutilations.[8][9][10][11]
In 2016, Zwischengeschlecht described actions to promote equality or civil status legislation without action on banning "intersex genital mutilations" as a form of pinkwashing.[12] The organization has previously highlighted evasive government statements to UN Treaty Bodies that conflate intersex, transgender and LGBT issues, instead of addressing harmful practices on infants.[13]
References
- ↑ (German) Zwist um Zwitter-Operationen, Ostschweiz am Sonntag, 10 February 2011
- ↑ On the management of differences of sex development, Ethical issues relating to “intersexuality", Opinion No. 20/2012, Swiss National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics, November 2012.
- ↑ Zwischengeschlecht (31 December 2014). "Malta > Gesetzesentwurf der Regierung will IGM-Praktiken verbieten, unterstreicht Recht auf köperliche Unversehrtheit, Selbstbestimmung" (in German). Zwischengeschlecht. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
- ↑ 25th session of the Human Rights Council, ARC International, 2014
- ↑ Human rights: first intersex-led discussions at the UN Human Rights Council, Organisation Intersex International Australia, 10 March 2014
- ↑ Children's Rights at the United Nations 120, Child Rights Information Network, 11 March 2014
- ↑ (German) NGO-Bericht an UN-Kinderrechtsausschuss kritisiert Intersex-Genitalverstümmelungen, fordert gesetzgeberische Massnahmen, Zwischengschlecht, 28 March 2014
- ↑ German proposals for a “third gender” on birth certificates miss the mark, Organisation Intersex International Australia, 20 August 2013.
- ↑ Germany adopts third gender law Al Jazeera, 1 November 2013
- ↑ (German) Das dritte Geschlecht, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, 22 May 2012
- ↑ (German) Es muss auch den anderen weh tun, Ostschweiz am Sonntag, 24 November 2013
- ↑ ""Intersex legislation" that allows the daily mutilations to continue = PINKWASHING of IGM practices". August 28, 2016.
- ↑ "TRANSCRIPTION > UK Questioned over Intersex Genital Mutilations by UN Committee on the Rights of the Child - Gov Non-Answer + Denial". May 26, 2016.