Dan Christian Ghattas

Dan Christian Ghattas
Nationality German
Known for Intersex activist and author
Website oiieurope.org

Dan Christian Ghattas is an intersex activist and author who co-founded OII Europe in 2012.[1] In 2013, he authored Human Rights between the Sexes, a first comparative international analysis of the human rights situation of intersex people.[2]

Activism

Ghattas is a co-chair of OII Europe,[3][4] speaking at events across Europe[5] including the launch of a Council of Europe issue paper on "Human rights and intersex people" in Montenegro.[4] In 2015, Ghattas joined an international advisory board for a first philanthropic Intersex Human Rights Fund established by the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.[6]

Works

Ghattas authored Human Rights between the Sexes or Menschenrechte zwischen den Geschlechtern, published in English and German in 2013 by the Heinrich Böll Foundation.[7] The report is believed to be the first comparative international analysis of the human rights of intersex people; it found that intersex people are discriminated against worldwide.[8][9][10][11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ First ever European Intersex NGO founded. OII Europe sets up work on Intersex Human Right Issues, OII Europe, 14 December 2012
  2. ↑ "Human rights between the sexes, a study". Organisation Intersex International Australia. 11 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Caroline Ausserer, Dr. Dan Christian Ghattas (December 15, 2015). ""It Is Still a Big Taboo"". Heinrich Böll Foundation. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  4. 1 2 "IDAHO 2015: Montenegro’s government contributes significantly to holding of 14th Roundtable of European Governmental LGBT Focal Points Network". Government of Montenegro. May 12, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  5. ↑ "Summary: Trans and intersex people – Challenges for EU law". European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights. September 28, 2012. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  6. ↑ "Introducing the Intersex Fund team at Astraea!". Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. June 16, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  7. ↑ "Menschenrechte zwischen den Geschlechtern". boell.de (in German). Heinrich Böll Foundation. October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Nicht Mann, niche Frau. Intersexuelle müssen sich nicht mehr festlegen". 3sat.de (in German). 3sat. 30 October 2013.
  9. ↑ Ghattas, Dan Christian; Heinrich Böll Foundation (September 2013). "Human Rights Between the Sexes" (PDF). boell.de.
  10. ↑ "Dr. Dan Christian Ghattas". intersexualite.de (in German). OII Germany. 8 January 2008.
  11. ↑ "A preliminary study on the life situations of inter* individuals". oiieurope.org. OII Europe. 4 November 2013.


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