DENMARK-SOGI-TBs-CAT

Concluding Observations on Report 8 (2023) (Link)

Intersex persons

32. The Committee is concerned over reports that unnecessary and irreversible surgery and other medical treatments are performed on intersex children without their informed consent and that intersex adults in need of gender-affirming care who disagree with their assigned gender at birth experience discrimination in treatment when compared with intersex persons who access medical care based on their originally assigned gender (arts. 2, 11–14 and 16).

33. The State party should ensure that its legislation, which prohibits irreversible surgical operations that are performed on intersex children for cosmetic reasons, is adequately enforced and should conduct studies into this matter in order to better understand and approach it. The parents or guardians of intersex children should receive impartial counselling services, psychological and social support and information, including information on the possibility of deferring any decision on treatment until it can be carried out with the full, free and informed consent of the persons concerned. All persons who experience severe pain and suffering as a result of unnecessary medical procedures conducted without their consent should have access to effective remedies. The State party should also ensure that all intersex persons receive the same level of specialized care, regardless of their conformity with the gender they were assigned at birth or place of residence.

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Concluding Observations on Report 6-7 (2015) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 5 (2007) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 4 (2002) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 3 (1997) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 2 (1995) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 1 (1989) (Link)

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