The ECtHR sets the basis for the qualification of intersex genital mutilation as torture

On 19 May, the European Court of Human Rights communicated its decision on the case M c. France. While the Court rejected the application on procedural grounds, it paved the way for future positive decisions on the qualification of non-vital medical interventions performed on intersex persons without their personal prior free and fully informed consent as intersex genital mutilation (IGM) and therefore as a form of torture.

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The first judgement for discrimination against LGBTI persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina

On 4 April, the Municipal Court in Sarajevo issued a first instance judgement in which discrimination against LGBTI persons was confirmed by a court for the first time in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The judgement refers to a public statement made by a former member of the Sarajevo Canton Assembly, on social media. ”From a legal standpoint, it is critical to develop case law and strengthen legal standards concerning discrimination and hate speech. The Sarajevo Open Centre (SOC) is handling multiple lawsuits before several courts in the country” says Darko Pandurević, Advocacy and Programme Manager at SOC.

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ILGA-ASIA Country Report on SOGIESC Rights In India: An Unfinished Agenda

Download: https://www.ilgaasia.org/publications/india-country-report-an-unfinished-agenda

Abolishing legal sex and gender comes with many, many pros, radical new report finds

Read: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/11/legal-sex-gender-future-legal-project-research/

Report at: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/law/research/future-of-legal-gender-abolishing-legal-sex-status-full-report.pdf

Cruel efforts to stop trans people accessing bathrooms struck down in Tennessee and Indiana

Read: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/19/trans-bathroom-indiana-tennessee/

Indonesia condemns British ambassador after LGBTQ+ flag is flown outside embassy

Read: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/23/british-embassy-indonesia-lgbtq-pride-flag/

UK: LGB Alliance founder Allison Bailey loses legal fight against Stonewall

Allison Bailey has lost her lawsuit against Stonewall but has won her employment tribunal case against Garden Court Chambers.

REad: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/07/27/allison-bailey-tribunal-stonewall-garden-court-chambers-judgement/

USA: Hawaii governor signs trio of pro-LGBTQ+ bills to make state ‘inclusive for all’

Read: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/20/hawaii-lgbtw-bills/

Even more sports governing bodies join FIFA and FINA in reviewing rules for trans athletes

Read: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/22/trans-athletes-rules-review-netball-football-rugby/

ECtHR: UK Family loses bid to have gay dad named on birth certificate instead of surrogate’s husband

A lawsuit filed on behalf of the six-year-old daughter of a same-sex male couple, born via a surrogate mother, to have her biological father named on her birth certificate has been ruled inadmissible.

Read: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/23/same-sex-surrogate-husband-father-court/