Ní Mhuirthile, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0001-8660-0012 (2019) The legal status of intersex persons: Malta. In: Scherpe, Jens M. ORCID: 0000-0002-7349-0499, Dutta, Anatol and Helms, Tobias, (eds.) The Legal Status of Intersex Persons. Intersentia, Cambridge, GB, pp. 357-368. ISBN 9781780687704
Abstract
The Maltese Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics Act, 2015 (the 2015 Act) has been described as “the most expansive, groundbreaking and comprehensive bill of its kind”. This chapter will analyse this Act to assess how it has impacted upon the status of intersex people in Malta.
Over the past few decades discourse about intersex has been divided into two types of discussions: deliberations aimed at achieving recognition of intersex identity which may differ from that recorded at birth and debates about medical management. While these may seem to be two disparate aims at their core, they concern questions of dignity, respect and the realisation of human rights. It is addressing simultaneously both sides of the discussions that the 2015 Act earns it praise.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Intersex; gender identity; gender recognition; sex characteristics; human rights; law reform |
Subjects: | Social Sciences > Law Social Sciences > Medical laws and legislation Social Sciences > Social psychology Social Sciences > Sociology Social Sciences > Gender Social Sciences > Identity |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government |
Publisher: | Intersentia |
Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781780687704 |
Copyright Information: | © 2018 Intersentia |
ID Code: | 26712 |
Deposited On: | 24 Feb 2022 12:45 by Tanya Ní Mhuirthile . Last Modified 26 Oct 2022 14:07 |
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