Official launch of the Recommendation on equal rights for intersex persons

The Secretary General Alain Berset highlighted that the Recommendation did not create new standards, but made it impossible to ignore existing ones. Director of Intersex International Europe Dan Christian Ghattas supported the Recommendation as establishing a new gold standard in Europe. Adopted unanimously on 7 October in Valletta, the Recommendation provides clear guidance to governments in making laws and policies that prohibit non-consensual medical interventions and ensuring that any interventions on intersex children are postponed until they can decide for themselves. It also calls for the provision of equitable access to healthcare and the protection of intersex persons from violence, discrimination and exclusion.