#IntersexNews: UN Recommendations for Luxembourg and Tunisia

Great news from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child! Thursday, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child presented the concluding observations for the Republic of Tunisia and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The Committee made clear recommendations about intersex children. The Committee recommends Luxembourg and Tunisia to ensure that intersex children are not subjected to unnecessary medical or surgical treatment, in line with children’s rights to bodily integrity, autonomy and self-determination. And to provide counselling and support. Tunisia received additional recommendations to provide social, medical and psychological services, where necessary, as well as reparations to families with intersex children. And to conduct awareness-raising activities to combat the stigmatization of intersex children as part of LGBTI. For Luxembourg, the Committee further recommended strengthening efforts to ensure the child’s best interest is the primary consideration for inter