…urgery is unlikely to be an appropriate response to these kinds of issues. Human rights considerations are important in this area, and any decision- making around medical treatment of intersex children must take them into account. Irreversible medical treatment, particularly surgery, should only be performed on people who are unable to give consent if there is a health-related need to undertake that surgery, and that need cannot be as effectively…
…such categories creates complications that appear to increase our risk of human rights violations. From a medical perspective these risks are that intersex characteristics are routinely surgically and hormonally modified to erase physical differences in an attempt to reinforce a particular sex assignment. From a social and legal perspective, the construction of new third classifications can mean that the actual observed or legal sexes of intersex…
…cteristics. Sydney, Australia: Australian Human Rights Commission. https://humanrights.gov.au/intersex-report-2021. Senate of Australia Community Affairs References Committee. 2013. Involuntary or Coerced Sterilisation of Intersex People in Australia. http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Involuntary_Sterilisation/Sec_Report/index. Read the responses and party platforms At time of posting, we have receive…
…ralian Human Rights Commission in respect of its inquiry on protecting the human rights of people born with variations in sex characteristics in the context of medical interventions. The submission has been kindly endorsed by the AIS Support Group Australia (AISSGA), Disabled People’s Organisations Australia (DPOA), Queensland LGBTI Legal Service, and People with Disability Australia (PWDA). It was written by Morgan Carpenter, with input from the…
…The United Nations, regional human rights institutions and the Australian Human Rights Commission all made intersex-specific human rights statements for the first time. The UN also launched an awareness website. The United Nations and regional human rights institutions called for immediate action to end human rights violations: States must, as a matter of urgency, prohibit medically unnecessary surgery and procedures on intersex children. They…
…ppeared on television, radio, magazines and newspapers discussing intersex human rights. She is a Justice of the Peace and former Bail Justice in Victoria. Dr Morgan Carpenter – Executive Director Articles by Morgan Articles about Morgan Morgan’s website Morgan Carpenter, PhD, is an intersex man, bioethicist and executive director of IHRA (a part-time role) who lives on Bundjalung Country in northern NSW. Morgan is also a research affiliate in the…
…ights Commission has launched a major project to consult on protecting the human rights of people born with variations in sex characteristics in the context of medical interventions. The project is being assisted by an expert reference group that includes directors of IHRA, AISSGA and representatives of other intersex/parent-led organisations, disability and LGBTI advocates, people with legal and human rights expertise, and clinicians. The work is…
…f intersex justice for Australia. We are now one year since the Australian Human Rights Commission published a report and recommendations out of its powerful inquiry on ensuring the health and human rights of people born with variations of sex characteristics. We thank the ACT government for its vital and welcome ongoing work to implement legislation to protect the human rights of people with innate variations of sex characteristics in medical set…
…ed similar reforms, making the ACT a global leader. https://twitter.com/AusHuman*]}*Rights/status/1531435790596595712 What are intersex traits? Innate variations of sex characteristics include a wide range of traits affecting chromosomes, sexual anatomy or hormones. They’re also referred to as “intersex” traits or “differences of sex development”. For example, these include people born with both testicular and ovarian tissue, and people born with atyp…
…and allied professionals in issues relating to intersex bodies, including human rights issues. The Darlington Statement also calls for action on access to services, including peer and family support: 38. We call for equitable access to social and welfare services for people with intersex variations. The needs of people with intersex variations in aged care, home care, state care, and disability services require further investigation, with full an…
…. Medical interventions Read peer-reviewed analysis on intersex health and human rights issues by Morgan Carpenter Read What do intersex people need from doctors?, an article in the December 2018 issue of the RANZCOG O&G Magazine by Morgan Carpenter We typically describe forced, involuntary, unnecessary and non-consensual gonadal and cosmetic genital surgeries on infants, children and adolescents as just that. We occasionally also use the term “Ge…
…ion on the Rights of the Child (CRC) sets out obligations to recognise the human rights of children. The joint CRC and CEDAW General Comment 18 calls for the elimination of harmful practices. A pattern of human rights abuses on infants, children and adolescents born with intersex traits occurs in Australia, without effective, independent oversight, often based on gender stereotypes, and lacking a scientific basis. Evidence of such practices includ…
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