RightsTalk, February 2017

This is a speech delivered at the Australian Human Rights Commission’s RightsTalk, entitled “Creating Equality – The Role of Law in Protecting SOGII Rights”, on 22 February 2017.

Submission on the Yogyakarta Principles

A submission on the Yogyakarta Principles and how they should be supplemented at the 10-year point to reflect developments in international human rights law on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity/Expression and Sex Characteristics.

Intersex side event at the 30th Human Rights Council, Geneva. Left to right: Morgan Carpenter (OII Australia), Kimberly Zieselman (Advocates for Informed Choice, US), Dan Ghattas (OII Europe, Germany), Hiker Chiu (Oii-Chinese, Taiwan), Julius Kaggwa (Support Initiative for People with atypical Sex Development, Uganda). Photo: ILGA

UN side event on intersex and human rights

On Friday 18 September 2015 Morgan moderated a side event held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, for the 30th UN Human Rights Council with intersex human rights defenders from five continents.