Germany’s Blank Space Civil Status Law
(2018) RÄSM02 20171Department of Sociology of Law
- Abstract
- This study investigates the impact of Germany’s new birth certificate law (Civil Status, § 22 (3) PStG) concerning children born intersex and the intersex people in general. Thus, the research will focus on the interplay between the existing societal norm of the binary gender model and the law that requires a newborn intersex child to be registered as a 'blank' from the perspective of different sociological theories. It will further investigate the best interest of an intersex child in connection to several law articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) with the child’s right to participation and decision making on the medical intervention procedures. Hence, the view of intersex people, the view of several... (More)
- This study investigates the impact of Germany’s new birth certificate law (Civil Status, § 22 (3) PStG) concerning children born intersex and the intersex people in general. Thus, the research will focus on the interplay between the existing societal norm of the binary gender model and the law that requires a newborn intersex child to be registered as a 'blank' from the perspective of different sociological theories. It will further investigate the best interest of an intersex child in connection to several law articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) with the child’s right to participation and decision making on the medical intervention procedures. Hence, the view of intersex people, the view of several intersex advocacy groups, and medical practitioners will be depicted in relation to the life experiences of intersex from the perspective of human rights, citizenship rights, bodily integrity, and self-determination. (Less)
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- author
- Desta, Blen LU
- supervisor
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- Eva Schömer LU
- organization
- course
- RÄSM02 20171
- year
- 2018
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Intersex, Sex/Gender, Body Politics, Sex-assignment surgery, Sex dualism, Social norms
- language
- English
- id
- 8942447
- date added to LUP
- 2018-06-25 13:44:13
- date last changed
- 2018-06-25 13:44:13
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