Depathologisation of Transgenderism and International Human Rights Law

Bibliographic Data

ID6068581
AuthorsJens T Theilen (0000-0001-5759-5242, Bucerius Law School, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume14
Issue2
Pages327-342
Publication date2014-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Rights Law Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-7781 • E-ISSN: 1744-1021
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/hrlr/ngu010
OpenAlexW2007743562
LanguageEN
Citations received7

This article approaches the depathologisation of transsexuality and transgenderism from the perspective of international human rights law. Building on the jurisprudence of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, it develops a right to trans depathologisation based in the right to health and the right to non-discrimination and engages with potential objections to such a right – in particular, the argument that depathologisation will adversely affect health-care access of trans persons. Having argued for the existence of a right to depathologisation, the contents of that right are then delineated and its relationship to the World Health Organisation is considered.

Affect (linguistics) · Argument (complex analysis) · Cultural rights · Human rights · International human rights law · Jurisprudence · Law and economics · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Right to health · Sociology · Human Rights and Development · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Medicine