Barring Legal Gender Reassignment in Bulgaria
<p>The Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) has recently rejected the possibility for legal gender reassignment of transgender people. The SCC followed the approach of the Constitutional Court in framing its reasoning alongside the lines of the traditional social values. In doing so, the...
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| description | <p>The Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) has recently rejected the possibility for legal gender reassignment of transgender people. The SCC followed the approach of the Constitutional Court in framing its reasoning alongside the lines of the traditional social values. In doing so, the interpretative decision arguably undermined its own goal of unifying the future case-law by avoiding the discussion on the right to equal treatment of transgender persons and their protection from discrimination on the ground of their sexuality.</p>
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| spelling | doaj.art-1308879977894ab98f3afb8b6090bed42023-03-02T17:08:10ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442023-03-012366-7044Barring Legal Gender Reassignment in BulgariaFriedrich Zillessen<p>The Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) has recently rejected the possibility for legal gender reassignment of transgender people. The SCC followed the approach of the Constitutional Court in framing its reasoning alongside the lines of the traditional social values. In doing so, the interpretative decision arguably undermined its own goal of unifying the future case-law by avoiding the discussion on the right to equal treatment of transgender persons and their protection from discrimination on the ground of their sexuality.</p> https://verfassungsblog.de/barring-legal-gender-reassignment-in-bulgaria/Bulgaria, ECHR, Gender Reassignment, legal gender, transgender rights |
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| title | Barring Legal Gender Reassignment in Bulgaria |
| title_full | Barring Legal Gender Reassignment in Bulgaria |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Barring Legal Gender Reassignment in Bulgaria |
| title_short | Barring Legal Gender Reassignment in Bulgaria |
| title_sort | barring legal gender reassignment in bulgaria |
| topic | Bulgaria, ECHR, Gender Reassignment, legal gender, transgender rights |
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