Combating Discrimination, Violence and Harmful Practices Against Intersex Persons

A/HRC/RES/55/14View PDF

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A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2024.

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1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 1	Human rights mainstreaming, right to development, and research and analysis	108

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1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 1	Human rights mainstreaming, right to development, and research and analysis	108	—

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7 subjects

Anti-Discrimination Measures Conferences Discrimination Report Preparation Right to Health Sex Violence

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4 operative paragraphs

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a report, to be made available in accessible formats and to be presented to the Human Rights Council at its sixtieth session, drawing upon the expertise of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, examining in detail discriminatory laws and policies, acts of violence and harmful practices against persons with innate variations in sex characteristics, in all regions of the world, and their root causes, and also examining best practices, including legal protection and remedies, especially when addressing the realization of the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and based on information from States, treaty bodies, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, regional mechanisms, academia, health professionals, national human rights institutions, civil society, including organizations representing intersex persons, and other relevant stakeholders;

Decides to convene a panel discussion at its sixtieth session, accessible to persons with disabilities and open to the participation of States, the Advisory Committee, relevant treaty bodies and the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, regional mechanisms, academia, health professionals, national human rights institutions, civil society, including organizations representing intersex persons, and other relevant stakeholders, on discriminatory laws and policies, acts of violence and harmful practices against persons with innate variations in sex characteristics in all regions of the world, and their root causes, including misconceptions and inaccurate information, and also examining best practices, especially when addressing the realization of their right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and requests the Office of the High Commissioner to organize the panel discussion;

Encourages States, in collaboration with relevant international and regional organizations, to enhance efforts to combat discrimination, violence and harmful practices against persons with innate variations in sex characteristics and to address their root causes, such as stereotypes, the spread of misconceptions and inaccurate information, stigma and taboo, and to work to realize the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health for persons with innate variations in sex characteristics;

Decides to remain seized of this issue.

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