Issue of interest

Human rights mechanism

Treaty bodies

UPR cycles

Country

LUXEMBOURG-SOGI-TBs-CCPR

Country: Luxembourg

Issue: SOGI

Human rights mechanism: Treaty bodies

Treaty body: Human Rights Committee - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

Concluding Observations on Report 4 (2022) (Link)

Sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex persons

11. While welcoming the adoption of the National Plan of Action to Promote the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Persons, dated 13 July 2018, and the fact that a draft bill is being prepared on the right to self-determination of intersex children, the Committee notes with concern that children with variations in sexual development at birth sometimes undergo invasive and irreversible medical procedures aimed at assigning them a sex, that these procedures are often based on a stereotypical view of gender roles and that they are performed before the persons concerned are of an age to give their free and informed consent. The Committee is also concerned about the lack of centralized statistics on interventions of this nature and on the rehabilitation and compensation measures that have been provided to persons who have undergone such interventions (arts. 2, 7, 24 and 26).

12. The State party should strengthen the measures to end the performance of irreversible medical acts, especially surgical operations, on intersex children who are not yet capable of giving their free and informed consent, except in cases where such interventions are absolutely necessary for medical reasons. In this regard, the State party should expedite the adoption of a law to this effect, as foreseen by the above-mentioned plan of action. The State party should also accelerate the establishment of a centralized system for the collection of relevant statistics, including on rehabilitation and compensation measures.

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28. In accordance with rule 75 (1) of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the State party is requested to provide, by 28 July 2025, information on the implementation of the recommendations made by the Committee in paragraphs 12 (sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex persons), 16 (female genital mutilation) and 26 (right of peaceful assembly), above.

Concluding Observations on Report 3 (2003) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 2 (1992) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 1 (1985) (Link)

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