United Nations: 28 States call for legal gender recognition based on self-identification

• Cross-regional group of countries calls on UN Member States to implement laws and policies that allow the recognition of gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. More based on self-identification
• “Without the full realisation of the right to bodily autonomy, the health, lives, human rights and well-being of all women and girls are on the line”, 65 civil society organisations tell the UN Human Rights Councilan inter-governmental body within the United Nations which has the responsibility to promote and protect human rights. It is comprised of 47 member States, each elected to 3-year terms by the 193 member States of the United Nations. More

The term “legal gender recognitionlaws, administrative procedures or processes by which a person can change their sex/gender marker and names on official identity documents. More” defines laws, administrative procedures, or processes by which a person can change their legal sexrefers to the classification of a person as male, female, or other - usually made at birth, written on a birth certificate, and usually based on the appearance of their external anatomy. A person’s sex, however, is actually a combination of bodily characteristics, including chromosomes, hormones, internal and external reproductive organs, and secondary sex characteristics. More/gender marker and name on official identity documents. In most countries, these processes include abusive requirements such as undergoing surgical, hormonal, or sterilisation interventions, forcibly divorcing from one’s partner, not having dependent children, being kept in psychiatric facilities, passing a “real-life test”, and more. A model for legal gender recognitionlaws, administrative procedures or processes by which a person can change their sex/gender marker and names on official identity documents. More based on self-determination, on the other hand, allows people to obtain identity documents that match their gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. More and expression without going through abusive requirements. This reduces the discriminationunequal or unfair treatment which can be based on a range of grounds - such as age, ethnic background, disability, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions or sex characteristics, amongst others. More, harassment, and violence faced by transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. More people in various aspects of their lives. It also provides transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. More individuals access to healthcare, education, employment, housing, and other basic rights that may otherwise be denied to them due to their gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. More.

“Human rights are universal, inalienable and indivisible”, Argentina told the Human Rights Councilan inter-governmental body within the United Nations which has the responsibility to promote and protect human rights. It is comprised of 47 member States, each elected to 3-year terms by the 193 member States of the United Nations. More on behalf of 28 States. “As such, each person’s self-defined gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. More is integral to their personality and a manifestation of self-identification, dignity and freedom.  We strongly support all policies that combat violence and discriminationunequal or unfair treatment which can be based on a range of grounds - such as age, ethnic background, disability, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions or sex characteristics, amongst others. More against all women, and we reiterate that these policies should be based on an intersectional approach, protecting women who are subjected to multiple forms of discriminationunequal or unfair treatment which can be based on a range of grounds - such as age, ethnic background, disability, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions or sex characteristics, amongst others. More – including transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. More women.”

Countries called on other States to “implement laws and policies that allow the recognition of gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. More based on self-identification”, and to “redouble efforts to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence and discriminationunequal or unfair treatment which can be based on a range of grounds - such as age, ethnic background, disability, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions or sex characteristics, amongst others. More, including against women in all their diversity.” They also pointed outbeing open about their diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or sex characteristics. More how “many UN, as well as regional human rights mechanisms, have recognised that self-identification is fundamental to safeguarding one’s autonomy and dignity and that it is in line with international human rights standards on genderrefers to a social construct which places cultural and social expectations on individuals based on their assigned sex. More recognition.”

These words mark another milestone for the human rights movement. For years, civil society has worked to make sure that States could listen to the voices of people with diverse genderrefers to a social construct which places cultural and social expectations on individuals based on their assigned sex. More identities and expressions, and recognise the historic injustices that this population keeps facing every day.

Their tireless advocacy has prompted more States and human rights bodies to speak up. For years, UN human rights bodies have referenced gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. More and expression issues in their recommendations to States. In a historic first, in 2021, 27 States called on the United Nationsan international organisation comprising 193 member States. It has the mission of maintaining peace and security, protecting human rights, providing humanitarian aid and ensuring economic and social development across the globe. It is a network of many different bodies and agencies, each of which has a particular role and responsibility. More Human Rights Councilan inter-governmental body within the United Nations which has the responsibility to promote and protect human rights. It is comprised of 47 member States, each elected to 3-year terms by the 193 member States of the United Nations. More to urgently protect the human rights of transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. More people, especially transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. More women.

Civil society from across the world has also spoken today at the UN Human Rights Councilan inter-governmental body within the United Nations which has the responsibility to promote and protect human rights. It is comprised of 47 member States, each elected to 3-year terms by the 193 member States of the United Nations. More: 65 organisations welcomed the recent initiatives by States.

“Self-determination is a corollary of the right to bodily autonomy and integrity, a right that has been long and hard fought for by feminist human rights defenders, lawyers, physicians and experts across the globe,” their statement read. “Without the full realisation of the right to bodily autonomy, the health, lives, human rights and well-being of all women and girls, including transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. More women, transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. More youth, and people of diverse sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender. More, gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. More and expression, and sex characteristicsa term that refers to physical features relating to sex - including genitalia and other sexual and reproductive anatomy, chromosomes, hormones, and secondary physical features emerging from puberty. More, are on the line.”

“We call on the members of the Human Rights Councilan inter-governmental body within the United Nations which has the responsibility to promote and protect human rights. It is comprised of 47 member States, each elected to 3-year terms by the 193 member States of the United Nations. More to keep advancing human rights norms for women and girls in all their diversity.”

 This is a joint statement by:

• ILGA World
• TGEU
• GATE – Global Action for Transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. More Equality
• RFSL
• International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW AP)
• Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR)
• IPPF

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The number of countries joining the statement may vary due to additional signatories. The current list is available here (under the chapter: Item 8: General debate on the follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 15:00)