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Slovakia passes law to recognise only two sexes and restrict adoption

September 29, 2025 World Justice News 0

Slovakia has changed its constitution, enshrining into law recognition of only two sexes – male and female. The legal change, which passed in a knife-edge vote in the central European nation’s parliament, also restricts adoption […]

US Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on gender transition care for minors

June 20, 2025 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has upheld a Tennessee law banning gender transition care for young people, in a decision expected to have consequences nationwide, given that 25 states have similar laws. The justices voted 6 […]

Canada’s Saskatchewan passes school gender identity bill

October 23, 2023 World Justice News 0

A controversial bill that requires young students to get parental consent to change their pronouns in school has passed in a Canadian province. Saskatchewan used a constitutional override to pass the bill after a court […]

Court clash over move to block Scotland’s gender reforms

September 19, 2023 World Justice News 0

The Scottish and UK governments are going head-to-head in court over controversial gender reform laws. The legislation was passed by the Scottish Parliament last year, but then blocked by UK ministers over its potential impact […]

Gender-neutral passports: Campaigner Christie Elan-Cane loses Supreme Court case

December 15, 2021 World Justice News 0

A campaigner has lost a Supreme Court case challenging the government’s refusal to issue gender neutral passports. Christie Elan-Cane said the application process breaches human rights laws by not allowing an “X” option. But the court […]

Trans teen in legal action over gender clinic wait

November 23, 2020 World Justice News 0

A 14-year-old transgender boy is starting legal proceedings against NHS England over delays to gender reassignment treatment. The teenager has waited over a year for referral to the only NHS gender clinic for children and […]

Germany adopts third gender identity for intersex people

January 1, 2019 World Justice News 0

Intersex people in Germany can now legally identify themselves as a third gender, under a new law adopted in December. People who do not fit the biological definition of male or female can now choose […]

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Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

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UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

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Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]