UN expert meeting on ending human rights violations against intersex people
On 16-17 September 2015, the UN held an expert meeting on ending human rights violations against intersex persons.
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On 16-17 September 2015, the UN held an expert meeting on ending human rights violations against intersex persons, with participants representing UN institutions, health and medical institutions, legal, bioethics and human rights institutions. The event was opened by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. Morgan Carpenter participated representing OII Australia.
UN news report: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. 2015. ‘A Step Forward for Intersex Visibility and Human Rights’. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/Astepforwardforintersexvisibility.aspx.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 2015. ‘Opening Remarks by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Expert Meeting on Ending Human Rights Violations against Intersex Persons’. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=16431&LangID=E.
The expert meeting is summarised in this report:
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. 2019. ‘Background Note on Human Rights Violations against Intersex People’. https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/tools-and-resources/background-note-human-rights-violations-against-intersex-people.