Australian Human Rights Commission recommends new legislative protections for children
Intersex people have endured controversial surgeries and treatments, often when they were too young to provide consent, an inquiry by the Australian Human Rights Commission found in a report that recommends new legislative protections for children.
The commission has been consulting with intersex people, their family members, peer-support and advocacy organisations, clinicians, and legal and human rights groups to make recommendations on how best to protect the human rights of people born intersex when it comes to medical procedures.
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