International and Comparative SOGIESC Law – Professor Andreas R Ziegler

This is a blog is related to my academic work in the International Academic Forum on SOGIESC Law but meant to serve anyone who wants to contribute to improve the protection of human rights worldwide. It is intended to keep interested readers informed about legal developments relating to sexual orientation, gender expression and identity and sex characteristics (SOGIESC). Hopefully, it will make it easier to find correct legal information about the developments in all regions of the world and, in particular, with regard to international law.

Kazakhstan made minimum age 21 for trans specific healthcare

On 17 June, the Parliament of Kazakhstan adopted a new Code on Health of the Nation and Healthcare System introducing a discriminatory norm for transgender people. The Code restricts the minimum age to be 21 to start transition and be able to access trans specific healthcare. The article 156 of the Code also includes non-sensitive language and contradicts the recommendations of the World Health Organisation under ICD-11. After having seized all national advocacy efforts, the trans initiative group Alma-TQ approached the international community to call upon Kazakhstan to correct the discriminatory norm in the Code. ILGA-Europe, TGEU and IGLYO issued a joint statement condemning the decision of the Parliament of Kazakhstan and continue communicating with UN and other international partners to support the trans community in Kazakhstan.

Read the joint statement.

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