Sunday, October 2 2011

Shadow Report CAT 2011

>>> deutsch      >>> http://intersex.schattenbericht.org

>>> Concluding Observations (PDF) (--> para 20, p. 6-7)

Shadow Report to the 5th Periodic Report of the Federal Republic of
Germany on the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)

>>> Download as PDF (419 kb)

Compiled by:

Intersexuelle Menschen e.V. / XY-Frauen
Humboldt Law Clinic: Grund- und Menschenrechte
Association of Intersexed People / XY-Women
Humboldt Law Clinic: Human Rights

Note: Despite the fact that still not all genital mutilations are properly listed (especially the 'masculinising' ones were mostly left out), this Shadow Report is the most comprehensive yet. On November 4th 2011, the 47th Session of The Committee Against Torture (CAT) also reached the most clear-cut Concluding Observations yet – the very first to explicitly condemn non-consensual surgery on intersex children, demanding a.o. that Germany should:

"Undertake investigation of incidents of surgical and other medical treatment of intersex people without effective consent and adopt legal provisions in order to provide redress to the victims of such treatment, including adequate compensation."

>>> UN-Pressrelease Nov 4 2011

>>> Concluding Observations (PDF) (--> para 20, p. 6-7)