Tag: European Convention
LGBTI rights groups welcome judgement finding Romania in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights
LGBTI rights groups welcome judgement finding Romania in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights because of a lack of proper legal framework for legal gender recognition
Strasbourg Court: sterilisation requirement for gender reassignment surgery is a violation of privacy
Tuesday, the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the requirement of permanent infertility to undergo gender reassignment surgery is a violation of the right to privacy, as guaranteed by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Sweden ends forced sterilisation of sex change patients
Sweden will no longer require sex change patients to be sterilised after a law banning the practice entered into force on Thursday.