Promoting Intersex Human Rights Internationally

By participating in human rights convenings at the international level, interACT helps to raise awareness of the human rights violations experienced by intersex youth. In collaboration with intersex activists across the globe we have worked with the World Health Organization, the United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Organization of American States, and others, ushering in an important wave of attention to intersex issues and highlighting the importance of accountability for the human rights violations experienced by this population.

United Nations

UN Convention Against Torture Recommendations 2016

The interACT legal team submitted a document to the 59th Session of the UN Convention Against Torture (CAT) urging them to consider some key questions around intersex in the future periodic review of the USA. This document provides an updated summary of the current standing of intersex surgery and human rights.  It also reiterates the fact that continued treatment of intersex individuals in the United States clearly meets the CAT’s standards for tor