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Consolidated report on transsexualism in Europe

by Mrs Frédérique GRANET, Professor at Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg, and the ICCS (International Commission on Civil Status) * Secretariat General

"Transsexualism in Europe," June 2000, pp. 5-25, Council of Europe Publishing F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex, ISBN 92-871-4343-9

last edited 2001/02/10

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Contents

(Preface)

I.    Civil status of transsexuals

A.    Criteria for the recognition of transsexualism in positive law

1.    Written law
   a.    Laws
   b.    Regulations
   
2.    Solutions reached through case-law and through administrative practice
   a.    Case-law
   b.    Administrative practice

B.    Amending civil status documents and administrative papers

1.    Civil status documents
   a.    Transsexuals' birth certificate
   b.    Other certificates
   
2.    Administrative papers

II.    Transsexuals' family life

A.    The future of family ties created before a transsexual's change of civil status

1.    Family based on marriage
2.    Family based on unmarried cohabitation

B.    Transsexuals' future family life

* The International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS), or La Commission Internationale de l'Etat Civil (CIEC) is an intergovernmental organisation comprising the following States: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom. The following have observer status: the Holy See, Lithuania, the Russian Federation, Slovenia, Sweden. It has signed co-operation agreements with the Council of Europe, The Hague Conference on Private International Law, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the European Union. Under its statutes, the ICCS compiles documentation and draws up conventions.

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