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Intersex Rights : Living Between Sexes / by Nikoletta Pikramenou.
Springer Nature - Springer Law and Criminology eBooks 2019 English International Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pikramenou, Nikoletta., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human rights.
- Sociology.
- Civil rights.
- Identity politics.
- Conflict of laws.
- Psychology.
- Human Rights.
- Gender Studies.
- European Fundamental Rights and Freedoms.
- Politics and Gender.
- Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law .
- Law and Psychology.
- Local Subjects:
- Human Rights.
- Gender Studies.
- European Fundamental Rights and Freedoms.
- Politics and Gender.
- Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law .
- Law and Psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XIV, 285 p. 22 illus. in color.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2019.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
- Summary:
- This book addresses intersex rights violations and analyses intersex people’s legal demands as expressed by intersex activists themselves and delivered through statements and reports issued by intersex rights organisations, the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Intersex people are born with sex characteristics that do not fit typical notions of male or female bodies, as a result of which they are stigmatised, marginalised and denied the recognition of their fundamental rights. Often, they are subjected to involuntary and harmful sex “normalising” surgeries at birth, which violate their bodily integrity, self-determination and informed consent, so as to comply with societal and legal norms. Moreover, binary legal frameworks prevent them from enjoying the rights to access identification documents, start a family, or be free from discrimination in all areas including employment and sports. To elaborate on intersex violations that emanate from binary laws, this book examines the situation of intersex rights in regional jurisdictions worldwide and within the European Union in particular. In the process, it identifies current legal barriers and suggests how intersex people could be accommodated under legal frameworks and achieve sex/gender equality beyond binary definitions.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Trapped in the Binary
- 2. Eliminating the "Abnormal"
- 3. Towards intersex legal protection beyond Europe
- 4. Intersex in Europe
- 5. The Future: Intersex shaping inclusive Laws
- Bibliography.
- ISBN:
- 3-030-27554-X
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