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No. 1968-12, Administrative Court of Appeals of Stockholm, Sweden (19 December 2012)

Dec 19, 2012

The Court argued that the requirement to undergo sterilization before being able to change sex markers violates the Swedish Constitution and the European Convention of Human Rights. No. 1968-12, Administrative Court of Appeals of Stockholm, Sweden (19 December 2012),...

No. 11/08743, 1453, 12/00535, Cour d’Appel de Rennes, France (16 October 2012)

Oct 16, 2012

Procedural Posture Wilfrid Francis A. and Marie-Jeanne T., a married couple, filed a petition to the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Brest seeking to change Wilfrid’s name to Chloé and to change the sex to female in both the birth certificate and marriage act, but the...

Case 12/1217, Regional Court of Bern-Mittelland, Switzerland (12 September 2012)

Sep 12, 2012

The Court underlined that within the process of legally recognizing a new gender identity the psychosocial aspects are more important than the question of infertility and that therefore no proof of infertility was required. The Court also held that mandatory surgery...

No. 1420/2012, Jura Cantonal Tribunal of First Instance, Switzerland (3 September 2012)

Sep 3, 2012

Court concluded that the sex change should be granted because the hormonal treatment that the appellant undertook permitted him to socially develop in his masculine role. No. 1420/2012, Jura Cantonal Tribunal of First Instance, Switzerland (3 September 2012), (Full...

Uz-3238/2011, Constitutional Court of Serbia (21 March 2012)

Mar 21, 2012

The Court held that the public administration had wrongly decided that it could not rule on the application to legally change name and sex, and had therefore denied the applicant’s right to dignity and free development of personality. According to the Court,...

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No. 1968-12, Administrative Court of Appeals of Stockholm, Sweden (19 December 2012)

No. 11/08743, 1453, 12/00535, Cour d’Appel de Rennes, France (16 October 2012)

Case 12/1217, Regional Court of Bern-Mittelland, Switzerland (12 September 2012)

No. 1420/2012, Jura Cantonal Tribunal of First Instance, Switzerland (3 September 2012)

Uz-3238/2011, Constitutional Court of Serbia (21 March 2012)

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