Frontline Dispatches: Intersex Children And Medical Sex Assignment Whose Right To Choose

European countries have been slow in recognising and upholding the human rights of intersex people and the gender diversity they represent, wrote Nils Muižnieks, the Commissioner for Human Rights, in a groundbreaking 2015 report on the selfdetermination and physical integrity of intersex people. He added: It is urgent to end unnecessary medical treatment and surgery of intersex individuals without their consent; to respect their right not to undergo sex assignment treatment; to review medical classifi