The Czech Constitutional Court ruled that the requirement of surgical intervention for gender reassignment is "contrary to human dignity" as it violates the fundamental rights and personal autonomy of transgender people.
Performing an operation will no longer be a condition for the official recognition of gender reassignment in the Czech Republic, the Czech Constitutional Court has decided.
According to the CTK news agency's presentation on Tuesday, the board eliminated this provision of the current legal regulation. The requirement of surgical intervention for the purpose of gender reassignment is "contrary to human dignity" , he pointed out in the decision of the Constitutional Court, which obliges the parliament and the competent state bodies to amend the currently valid legislation accordingly by the middle of 2025. The court described the current situation as untenable and drew attention to the fact that politicians pay little attention to the problem in the long term.
The Constitutional Court recognized that the current regulation - according to which gender reassignment can only be officially recognized after the relevant surgical intervention - legitimately considered legal certainty and stability to be the most important.
"According to the Constitutional Court, the legal requirement to surgically alter the genitals and disable reproductive functions directly contradicts the basic rights of transgender persons to protect their bodily integrity and their personal autonomy, primarily because it violates their human dignity," read the justification for the board's decision. , which was presented by constitutional judge Jaromír Jirsa.
Two constitutional judges in the 15-member panel did not support the decision.
The Constitutional Court was asked to take a position on the issue by a person who wanted to change gender and was officially registered as a woman. The woman feels like a man, but she does not want surgery, so the authorities rejected her request.
The change of the current regulation in this direction has been ready for two years, and will soon be presented to the government and the parliament - Minister of Justice Pavel Blazek responded to the decision of the Constitutional Court on X.
MTI
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