Lxs otrxs invisibles: Hacia una narrativa jurídica para la prohibición de las cirugías de “normalización genital”

Translated title of the contribution: The other invisibles: Aiming for a legal narrative that prohibits “genital normalizing” surgeries

Carlos J. Zelada, Diego Quesada Nicoli

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Abstract

Modern Medicine understands the intersex body as a pathology that must be corrected. Each year, hundreds of intersex newborns and children are subjected to genital “normalizing surgeries”: unnecessary, non-consensual and irreversible medical procedures that seek to adapt them to the status quo of corporal virtue. In this text, the authors present the main domestic and international legal discourses built around this medical practice. They conclude that, compared to national systems, International Human Rights Law has been crystalizing a legal standard prohibiting these interventions, but that it is urgent to have a contentious case before an international tribunal that so orders.
Translated title of the contributionThe other invisibles: Aiming for a legal narrative that prohibits “genital normalizing” surgeries
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)124-144
Number of pages21
JournalIus et Veritas
Issue number59
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

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Keywords

  • Sex Characteristics
  • Genital normalizing surgeries
  • Discrimination
  • Intersexuality
  • Genital mutilation

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