intersex.shadowreport.org - CCPR 20202024-03-29T15:46:11+01:00urn:md5:311e9b0b32ffd546edf5ec22c76b09caDotclear2020 CCPR Kenya PSWG Intersex NGO Reporturn:md5:830f36b54f57e9c324737169191634b22021-03-03T22:07:00+01:002021-03-12T21:07:48+01:00StopIGM.orgCCPR 2020 <p><big><strong><a href="https://intersex.shadowreport.org/public/2020-CCPR-LOI-Kenya-NGO-Intersex-StopIGM.pdf"><img title="2020-CCPR-LOI-Kenya-NGO-Intersex-StopIGM" style="float: left; margin: 0.3em 1em 0 0;" alt="2020-CCPR-LOI-Kenya-NGO-Intersex-StopIGM" src="https://intersex.shadowreport.org/public/2020-CCPR-LOI-Kenya-NGO-Intersex-StopIGM_small.jpg" width="139" height="196" /></a></strong></big></p>
<h3><big><strong>NGO Report (for LOI) to the 4th Report of Kenya on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR)</strong></big><big><strong><br /></strong></big></h3>
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<p><big><strong>>>> <a href="https://intersex.shadowreport.org/public/2020-CCPR-LOI-Kenya-NGO-Intersex-StopIGM.pdf">Download (PDF 253 kb)</a><br /></strong></big></p>
<p> <br />Compiled by:<br />
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Zwischengeschlecht.org<br /> </big><big><br /></big></strong></p>
<h3><big><strong>CCPR Timeline Kenya 2019-2021</strong></big></h3>
<p><strong>•</strong> In <strong>April 2019</strong>, <a href="https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CCPR%2fC%2fKEN%2f4&Lang=en">Kenya's 4th State report</a> (<a href="https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CCPR%2fC%2fKEN%2f4&Lang=en">CCPR/C/KEN/4</a>) on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR) was published on the CCPR Homepage. It mentions intersex in paras 172-173, however, it only briefly touches upon IGM under <em>“corrective surgeries”</em> and <em>“medical examination and tests”</em> on intersex babies, further referring to <em>“internationally acceptable [medical] guidelines”</em> in para 173, but remains silent on infanticide and abandonment of intersex children.</p>
<p><strong>•</strong> Above <strong>January 2020</strong> <a href="https://intersex.shadowreport.org/public/2020-CCPR-LOI-Kenya-NGO-Intersex-StopIGM.pdf">Thematic Intersex NGO
Report (for LOI) by <em>StopIGM.org</em></a> (<a href="https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCCPR%2fICO%2fKEN%2f41038&Lang=en">INT/CCPR/ICO/KEN/41038</a>) documents recent evidence and testimony from local intersex advocates and expert bodies, namely the <em>Intersex Persons Society of Kenya (IPSK)</em>, the <em>Taskforce on Policy, Legal, Institutional and Administrative Reforms regarding the Intersex Persons in Kenya</em> and the <em>Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR)</em>, demonstrating that not only medical IGM practices remain widespread (p. 9-10), but particularly infanticide and abandonment of intersex babies (p. 10-12), too. It further documents insufficient Government initiatives failing to effectively address these practices (p. 14-15), makes the case for an explicit prohibition (p. 12-13), provides background information on such practices (p. 8), and contains Suggested Questions (p. 4).</p>
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<strong>•</strong> During its <a href="https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=1371&Lang=en">128th Session</a> in <strong>March 2020</strong>, the UN Human Rights Committee (HRCttee) drafted the List of Issues (LOI) with questions to the Kenian Government (<a href="https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CCPR%2fC%2fKEN%2fQ%2f4&Lang=en"><span id="ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_lblLinkSymbol" class="SessionSubtitle">CCPR/C/KEN/Q/4</span></a>). Unfortunately, it didn't include IGM and infanticide, but made reference to the Coroners Service Act of 2017 aimed at investigating and persecutung cases of intanticide (para 14), and discrimination of intersex children (para 5). </p>
<div><p><strong>• </strong>On <strong>5 March 2021</strong> during a private NGO Briefing to the Committee, an <a href="https://intersex.shadowreport.org/public/CCPR131-Kenya-Intersex-Infanticide-NGO-Statement.pdf"><strong>Intersex NGO Statement (PDF, 58kb)</strong></a> by Kenyan lawyer and intersex expert <strong>John Chigiti SC</strong> on behalf of <em>StopIGM.org</em> raised intersex infanticide, urging the Committee to address this violation during the Session.</p>
</div><div><p><strong>•</strong> On <strong>March 6-9 2021</strong>, CCPR will examined the human rights record of Kenya during its <a href="https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=2463&Lang=en">131st Online Session</a>, asking tough questions on intersex infanticide and IGM, with the Kenyan delegation only giving partial answers. Full transcript of intersex Q&A + video links coming soon ...</p>
<p>• After the Session, CCPR
will publish its Concluding Observations with binding recommendations for Kenya
– hopefully including one on <a href="https://stopigm.org/post/IAD-2016-Soon-20-UN-Reprimands-for-Intersex-Genital-Mutilations">infanticide of intersex children and other forms of IGM practices</a>, and the very 1st UN Treaty Body intersex recommendation to Kenya!</p>
</div>https://intersex.shadowreport.org/post/2020/01/14/2020-CCPR-Kenya-PSWG-Intersex-NGO-Report#comment-formhttps://intersex.shadowreport.org/feed/atom/comments/72020 CCPR Portugal Intersex NGO Reporturn:md5:3f5642823925735232dfe3a825802cff2020-03-05T22:58:00+00:002021-03-09T19:57:52+00:00StopIGM.orgCCPR 2020 <p><big><strong><a href="https://intersex.shadowreport.org/public/2020-CCPR-Portugal-NGO-Zwischengeschlecht-Intersex-IGM.pdf"><img title="2020-CCPR-Portugal-NGO-Zwischengeschlecht-Intersex-IGM" style="float: left; margin: 0.3em 1em 0 0;" alt="2020-CCPR-Portugal-NGO-Zwischengeschlecht-Intersex-IGM" src="https://intersex.shadowreport.org/public/2020-CCPR-Portugal-NGO-Zwischengeschlecht-Intersex-IGM_xxx.jpg" width="139" height="196" /></a></strong></big></p>
<h3><big><strong>NGO Report (for Session) to the 5th Periodic Report of Portugal on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR)</strong></big></h3>
<p><big><strong> </strong></big><big><strong> <br />>>> <a href="https://intersex.shadowreport.org/public/2020-CCPR-Portugal-NGO-Zwischengeschlecht-Intersex-IGM.pdf">Download (PDF 609 kb)</a></strong></big></p>
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<h3><big><strong>CCPR Timeline Portugal 2020</strong></big></h3>
<p><strong><strong>•</strong> </strong>Above <strong>February 2020</strong> <a href="https://intersex.shadowreport.org/public/2020-CCPR-Portugal-NGO-Zwischengeschlecht-Intersex-IGM.pdf">Thematic Intersex NGO
Report (for Session) by <em>StopIGM.org</em></a> (<a href="https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCCPR%2fCSS%2fPRT%2f41379&Lang=en">INT/CCPR/CSS/PRT/41379</a>)
documents evidence
demonstrating that all forms of IGM practices remain widespread
in Portugal (p. 7-11). It further documents insufficient Government
initiatives failing to effectively address these practices, namely how Law No. 38/2018 fails to effectively protect intersex children (p. 11-14), and contains Suggested Recommendations (p. 15).</p>
<p><strong>•</strong> On <strong>March 5-6 2020</strong>, CCPR examined the human rights record of Portugal during its <a href="https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=1371&Lang=en">128th Session</a> in Geneva,
asking tough questions on IGM and lack of access to justice for IGM
survivors, to which the Portuguese delegation failed to give actual
answers. <strong>>>></strong> <a href="https://stopigm.org/ccpr128-portugal-questioned-about-intersex-genital-mutilation/">Full transcript of intersex Q&A + video links</a>.
</p>
<p>• After the Session, CCPR published its Concluding Observations with binding recommendations to Portugal
– including <a href="https://stopigm.org/post/IAD-2016-Soon-20-UN-Reprimands-for-Intersex-Genital-Mutilations">yet another strong reprimand for IGM practices</a>, marking the <a href="https://stopigm.org/un-ccpr-reprimands-portugal-for-intersex-genital-mutilation/">50th UN reprimand for IGM, and already the 2nd to Portugal</a>!</p>
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