⬆ Gender identity law in CHILE

IACHR highlights passage of Gender Identity Act in latest report on LGBTI people

by Equipo OTD | Jun 10, 2019 | International

On May 22, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights launched a report on progress and challenges in the recognition of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people in the Americas. The report highlighted the approval of the Gender Identity Law...

Status of trans people in Chile

by Equipo OTD | Jun 6, 2019 | Health

Health Access to health care is not specifically guaranteed for trans people in any law. The regulations that exist in this regard correspond to administrative documents issued by the Ministry of Health and some specific Health Services. The health services are the...

Law 21.120: Principle of Confidentiality, what does it mean?

by Equipo OTD | May 9, 2019 | Gender Identity Law

Chile’s gender identity law that was approved last year (which should start in October) sets out five principles, one of which is that of the confidentiality and it says: “Every person has the right, in proceedings before administrative or jurisdictional...

Law 21.120: The beginning of non- arbitrary discrimination, what does it Mean?

by Equipo OTD | May 2, 2019 | Depathologization

The beginning of non-arbitrary discrimination of the 21.120 Law declares that government bodies shall guarantee that in the exercise of the rights to the gender identity, there’s no person that must be affected by distinctions, exclusions or some restrictions...

The Gender Identity Law passed undefeated through the Constitutional Court

by Equipo OTD | Mar 14, 2019 | Gender Identity Law

On Thursday, 25 October, the Constitutional Court of Chile established that the recently approved Gender Identity Law is constitutional, leaving the text as it came out from the Congress in September. Now, the government has a maximum period of 30 days for its...