Voir: https://www.lireka.com/fr/pp/9782361702663-la-vie-privee-et-familiale-des-lgbtiq-un-defi-juridique
USA: Kansas’ new anti-trans bill is so extreme some cis women could be banned from toilets
Looking forward to teaching on 3 August again in person in the Summer School on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in International Law (The Hague and Amsterdam, 25 July – 4 August 2023) – you can still register! More information here: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education/study-programmes/summer-schools/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-in-international-law-human-rights-and-beyond
Looking forward to teaching on 3 August again in person in the Summer School on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in International Law (The Hague and Amsterdam, 25 July – 4 August 2023) – you can still register! — Andreas R. Ziegler
Cook Islands repeals decades-old law criminalizing sex between men
The Cook Islands has decriminalized homosexuality and strengthened its law against rape in a sign of progress for sexual minorities and women in socially conservative Pacific island countries.
European Parliament adopts first ever standalone resolution on universal decriminalisation of homosexuality and trans identities
On 19 April, the European Parliament debated the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality and trans identities; the accompanying resolution on the matter was adopted today. The topic was elicited by the recent developments in Uganda concerning the ‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill’, which criminalises homosexuality and consensual same-sex relations[1].
The adoption of the resolution is a landmark moment for universal decriminalisation of homosexuality as outlined in the Articles 24-26[2]. It reinforces the EU’s promotion of universal human rights in foreign policy and ensures that external actions shall be taken to consolidate and support democracy, the rule of law, human rights and the principles of international law, as outlined in Article 21 TEU. Equally, it unequivocally opposes the use of death penalty or criminalisation based on sexual orientation or gender identity globally.
Uganda’s president rejects horrific anti-gay bill as it’s not extreme enough
Webinar series on the EU’s role in promoting family law for LGBTI families
HRW applauds Africa commission resolution recognizing rights of intersex individuals
Lauren Ban | U. Pittsburgh School of Law, US
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Thursday applauded the passage of an African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) resolution supporting the rights of intersex individuals. The resolution calls for the promotion and protection of intersex peoples, those “born naturally with a chromosomal abnormality and reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not appear to fit the typical definitions of female or male.”
Regarding the passage of the resolution, HRW said:
Human rights commissions have important roles to play in denouncing medically unnecessary nonconsensual surgeries on intersex children and discrimination against adults with variations in their sex characteristics. ACHPR joins national institutions in India and Australia, and an increasing number of governments around the world, in foregrounding protective measures for people born with bodies that are a little different, but perfectly deserving of equal dignity and autonomy.
The resolution pulled from the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights to protect intersex individuals in Africa. The resolution called for African states to “promote and protect the rights of intersex persons on the continent” and to “stop non-consensual normalization practices on intersex persons.”
The resolution also drew parallels between normalization procedures on intersex people and genital mutilation. Normalization procedures are used to alter intersex individual’s anatomy so as to bring them within the gender binary–resulting in either solely female or solely male bodies. The resolution warned that the practice has the potential to cause intersex individuals “lifelong physical and psychological suffering, permanent sterility, incontinence, and loss of sexual pleasure.”
Looking forward, the resolution called upon African states to institute comprehensive education programs so as to end human rights violation against intersex people–such as infanticide and abandonment–and discrimination.
Approximately 1.7 percent of people worldwide are born with intersex traits, in which their sexual characteristics at birth do not fit into traditional, binary notions of male or female bodies. As stated in the resolution, the ACHPR now recognizes that “intersexuality is an inherent handicap at birth and that it should not be considered a taboo in all African societies.”
Webinar Series on the Future of Cross-border Parenthood in the EU (May 2023) – Registrations Open
As announced on this blog, a series of webinar has been organised under the title The Future of Cross-Border Parenthood in the EU – Analyzing the EU Parenthood Proposal to discuss the issues that surround the proposal of the European Commission for a Regulation dealing with the private international law of parenthood (COM (2022) 695 final).
Registrations are now open through the form available here.
Each webinar will start at 6 pm and end at 8 pm, and will focus on two topics, each presented by one expert, who will discuss the content of the proposal and examine the questions and possible improvement it raises. There will be ample room for discussion.
The programme of the series is as follows:
The series of webinars is organized by Cristina González Beilfuss (Universitat de Barcelona), Susanne Gössl (Universität Bonn), Ilaria Pretelli (Institut Suisse de Droit Comparé), Tobias Helms (Universität Marburg) and Patrick Wautelet (Université de Liège) under the auspices and with the support of EAPIL, the European Association of Private International Law.
Attendance is free, but prior registration is required.
International and Comparative SOGIESC Law - Professor Andreas R Ziegler 