Anna Hedh har ställt en fråga till EU-kommissionen angående tvångssterilisering av transpersoner och hur man tänker säkerställa att tvångssteriliseringen upphör.
Members of the Swedish government announced last week that it would not seek to repeal current requirements for transgender people to be sterilised before the state recognises their gender.
The European Commissioner for Human Rights has concluded that this and other compulsory medical treatments amount to degrading treatment, in breach of the right to dignity and physical integrity, enshrined in both the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights.
What is the Commission doing to address the forced sterilisation of transgender persons in the EU?
Has the Commission conducted studies, or does it intend to do so, into the Members States’ practices and legislation on gender reassignment and in particular the forced sterilisation as a legal requirement to recognise a person’s gender identity?
Is the Commission aware of which Member States legally require sterilisation to recognise a person’s new gender?
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Läs svaret från Kommissionen.