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Title: The Netherlands: Transgender Law Violates Rights
Post by: Shana A on September 13, 2011, 09:22:33 AM
Post by: Shana A on September 13, 2011, 09:22:33 AM
The Netherlands: Transgender Law Violates Rights
Repeal Requirement for Irreversible Surgery to Change Official Gender
September 13, 2011
http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/13/netherlands-transgender-law-violates-rights (http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/13/netherlands-transgender-law-violates-rights)
(Amsterdam) – The Dutch Civil Code violates the human rights of transgender people, and the government should amend it without delay, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The government should revise article 28 of the civil code, which requires transgender people to take hormones and undergo surgery to alter their bodies and be permanently and irreversibly sterilized before they can have their gender legally recognized on official documents Human Rights Watch said.
The 85-page report, "Controlling Bodies, Denying Identities: Human Rights Violations Against Trans People in the Netherlands,"documents the impact of a 1985 law, article 28 of the civil code, on the daily life of transgender people. The requirements violate transgender people's rights to personal autonomy and physical integrity, and deny them the ability to define their own gender identity, Human Rights Watch said. The law should be amended to respect transgender people's human rights by separating medical and legal questions for transgender people. Legal recognition of their gender identity should not be made conditional on any form of medical intervention, Human Rights Watch said.
Repeal Requirement for Irreversible Surgery to Change Official Gender
September 13, 2011
http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/13/netherlands-transgender-law-violates-rights (http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/13/netherlands-transgender-law-violates-rights)
(Amsterdam) – The Dutch Civil Code violates the human rights of transgender people, and the government should amend it without delay, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The government should revise article 28 of the civil code, which requires transgender people to take hormones and undergo surgery to alter their bodies and be permanently and irreversibly sterilized before they can have their gender legally recognized on official documents Human Rights Watch said.
The 85-page report, "Controlling Bodies, Denying Identities: Human Rights Violations Against Trans People in the Netherlands,"documents the impact of a 1985 law, article 28 of the civil code, on the daily life of transgender people. The requirements violate transgender people's rights to personal autonomy and physical integrity, and deny them the ability to define their own gender identity, Human Rights Watch said. The law should be amended to respect transgender people's human rights by separating medical and legal questions for transgender people. Legal recognition of their gender identity should not be made conditional on any form of medical intervention, Human Rights Watch said.
Title: Re: The Netherlands: Transgender Law Violates Rights
Post by: Ann Onymous on September 13, 2011, 09:33:20 AM
Post by: Ann Onymous on September 13, 2011, 09:33:20 AM
and the push for 'othering' continues... ::)
One should not be entitled to change a marker simply because they WANT it changed...if one does not take significant and constructive steps to rectify an error of birth, then the government should not be compelled to accede to the demand.
One should not be entitled to change a marker simply because they WANT it changed...if one does not take significant and constructive steps to rectify an error of birth, then the government should not be compelled to accede to the demand.
Title: Re: The Netherlands: Transgender Law Violates Rights
Post by: TheAetherealMeadow on September 14, 2011, 04:49:33 AM
Post by: TheAetherealMeadow on September 14, 2011, 04:49:33 AM
Not everybody can afford hormones, surgery, etc. and some may not be able to take hormones and/or have surgery due to health or other reasons. They still should have the right to change their gender marker.