The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights recently released a new study titled” Human rights & gender identity & representation” to address persistent and amp; fresh issues facing the transgender community around the world. It addresses the fact that trans people are a diverse group of people with varied experiences, identities, and views and includes those who are more excluded due to their characteristics or standing. According to Commissioner Dunja Mijatovi,” State have the main responsibility to remove the obstacles transgender people are facing in exercising their individual rights,” recognizing that recognizing the rights of trans people is a matter of applying human rights likewise to people. Anti-gender & anti-rights narratives eventually undermine the rights of people, but their emphasis on so-called standard gender, gender &, appearance is particularly devastating of the rights of trans people. The greater visibility & awareness of trans people at all levels of society & the significant progress made in providing better legal protection & recognition of trans people’s human rights in Europe contrast with the shockingly high rates of discrimination, violence, and insecurity trans people experience in their daily lives. There is no such thing as granting” special” rights andamp; acknowledging that the rights of trans people do not interfere with other people’s rights. Human rights are universal: they apply equally to everyone”. The report covers a range of issues such as non- discrimination, violence, family law, healthcare, legal gender recognition, asylum, employment, conversion practices, education &, poverty &, housing. It further addresses the rights &, interests of trans children &, youth in various settings, the recognition &, protection of non- binary people &, interconnections with gender expression.
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