Serbian Authorities Out to Fully Protect and Respect the Fundamental Rights of Trans People!

As we have learned the Serbian Parliament is about to reform the law on Registry Books, and through this change, to oblige by law trans people to go through surgeries.

At a time where many countries in Europe are reforming their legal gender recognition processes towards self-determination and the recognition of the right to gender identity and gender expression, it is extremely worrying to see a legislative proposal going backwards and blatantly violating the fundamental rights of trans people in Serbia.

TGEU and ILGA-Europe have written to Serbian authorities requesting to either remove or reject this law and to work, together with the trans community, on a draft law that would fully protect and respect the fundamental rights of trans people.