Morgan Carpenter

Consulting

Morgan has contributed to policy development both in Australia and internationally. Examples include:

• Member of the Drafting Committee for the Yogyakarta Principles plus 10 (PDF) on the application of international human rights law to the distinct and intersectional grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics. Morgan was also a participant in the expert meeting that agreed the Supplement, and a signatory (November 2017)
• Co-organiser and participant of the retreat where the Darlington Statement (PDF) was agreed. This document sets out a common platform for intersex-led organisations, advocates and allies in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand (March 2017)
• Participant in the Malta Declaration on intersex human rights (December 2013)

Morgan’s consultancy work also includes advice or participation as a reference group member for numerous national and international institutions, such as:

• The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, including at an Intersex expert meeting on ending human rights violations against intersex persons (September 2015)
• The Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, as a member of the reference group for a manual on Promoting and Protecting Human Rights in relation to Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Sex Characteristics (June 2016)
• The UN Special Rapporteur on health, in relation to a report on Sport and healthy lifestyles and the right to health (April 2016)
• A Council of Europe inquiry into the rights of intersex people; this was followed by an Issue Paper (April 2015)
• Reviewer of an NHMRC-funded website on the genetics and biology of sex development (2013)

Policy submissions

Formal submissions

Morgan wrote submissions for Intersex Human Rights Australia (formerly OII Australia) to Senate Inquiries on anti-discrimination legislation, and the Involuntary or coerced sterilisation of intersex people in Australia, and participated in public hearings on both issues. We secured ground-breaking inclusion of “intersex status”, a physical attribute, in anti-discrimination legislation, and also what we understand is the first parliamentary report on intersex health and human rights issues anywhere.

Formal submissions include:

• A personal submission to the Expert Panel on Religious Freedoms (12 February 2018), with a subsequent planned appearance before the Panel (9 March 2018)
• A shadow report submission to the UN Human Rights Committee for Organisation Intersex International Australia, endorsed by the Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group Australia, Disabled People’s Organisations of Australia, National LGBTI Health Alliance, and People with Disability Australia (August 2017)
• A submission, with Mauro Cabral Grinspan on Intersex codes in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 11 Beta Draft for GATE (June 2017)
• A personal 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 (2017)
• A submission to the Select Committee on the Exposure Draft of the Marriage Amendment (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill for Organisation Intersex International Australia, and subsequent appearance before a Senate hearing (25 January 2017)
• Co-edited with Mauro Cabral a joint submission to the World Health Organization for GATE on reform to the proposed International Classification of Diseases (November 2014)
• A submission to the UN Committee Against Torture for Organisation Intersex International Australia, endorsed by the Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group Australia, National LGBTI Health Alliance, and People with Disability Australia (October 2014)
• Submission to the National Health and Medical Research Council on the ethics of genetic selection against intersex traits for Organisation Intersex International Australia (April 2014)
• A series of submissions to a Senate inquiry on the involuntary or coerced sterilisation of people with disabilities, and intersex people for Organisation Intersex International Australia (February to August 2013) and appearance at a Senate hearing (28 March 2013)
• Submission to a Senate inquiry on the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Bill 2013 for Organisation Intersex International Australia (April 2013)
• Submission to the Senate Inquiry on the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill for Organisation Intersex International Australia (December 2012) and appearance at a Senate hearing (24 January 2013)