Human rights experts: Olympic transgender ban violates fundamental rights
Over 100 human rights, sports and science organizations, including the United Nations, criticized the IOC's new gender eligibility guidelines. The guidelines mandate genetic sex tests and are called "discriminatory and unscientific". Organizations argue the rules violate international human rights law. The Australian Olympic Committee backs the rules but acknowledges the issue is "challenging and complex".
Critics say new IOC guidelines violate fundamental human rights AOC backs new rules but accepts issue is ‘challenging and complex’Over 100 human rights, sports and scientific groups, including the United Nations, have criticised the International Olympic Committee’s new gender eligibility guidelines as “a blunt and discriminatory response that is not supported by science and violates international human rights law”.The IOC’s new guidelines, announced on Friday, mandate genetic sex tests for all athletes competing in its women’s categories, as well as blanket bans of people who identify as transgender, intersex or with sex differences. Continue reading...