Sex characteristics

Expert precedents

2022 Report of the Independent Expert on SOGI: Practices of Exclusion

• “The bio­log­i­cal real­ity of sex char­ac­ter­is­tics must not be con­flated with the social con­struct of gen­der.” (para­graph 16)

Evidence

2022 WHO Consolidated Guidelines on Person-centred HIV Strategic Information

• “WHO rec­om­mends start­ing cer­vi­cal can­cer screen­ing at age 25 years for women liv­ing with HIV, but some women may be screened ear­lier and it is impor­tant to cap­ture this. Gen­der cat­e­gories should include all gen­der diverse peo­ple with a female repro­duc­tive sys­tem such as trans­gen­der men and gen­der diverse indi­vid­u­als who have a cervix, while main­tain­ing pol­icy-pro­tected con­fi­den­tial­ity and pri­vacy for these data to pre­vent their mis­use.” (p. 178)