Submission to the UN Committee on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD)

The submission focuses on two sets of abusive practices in particular: 'reparative therapies' intended to 'cure' homosexuality; and grossly substandard sex reassignment surgeries which are carried out without free and informed consent and afflict transgender persons with long-lasting physical or mental health conditions and illnesses, impairments and disability. The submission further discusses various legal and medical requirements, including mandatory sterilization, to which transgender persons are subjected in order to obtain identification documents that match their preferred gender, and access education, employment and other social services.