{"id":7337,"date":"2024-12-09T16:43:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T16:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=7337"},"modified":"2024-12-09T16:51:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T16:51:54","slug":"tribunal-europeu-dos-direitos-humanos-reconhece-ofensa-a-convencao-europeia-dos-direitos-humanos-a-decisao-de-negar-terapia-hormonal-a-presa-com-disforia-de-genero","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/en\/blog\/tribunal-europeu-dos-direitos-humanos-reconhece-ofensa-a-convencao-europeia-dos-direitos-humanos-a-decisao-de-negar-terapia-hormonal-a-presa-com-disforia-de-genero\/","title":{"rendered":"European Court of Human Rights Finds Violation of the European Convention on Human Rights in Decision to Deny Hormone Therapy to Incarcerated Individual with Gender Dysphoria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TEDH \u2013 Process n\u00ba 31842\/20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a decision in Case No. 31842\/20, delivered on July 11, 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), by 6 votes to 1, ruled that the decision of Polish authorities to deny hormone therapy to a detained individual diagnosed with gender dysphoria violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case centered on a Polish citizen who, as an incarcerated individual, requested access to hormone therapy. The applicant had been diagnosed with gender dysphoria after engaging in genital self-mutilation and had been prescribed hormone therapy. Additionally, the applicant obtained legal recognition of her female gender in March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being aware of these circumstances, and after requiring the applicant to undergo a further consultation to confirm her condition and the necessity of the prescribed treatment, Polish authorities decided to deny the therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ECtHR observed that the national decision to deny hormone therapy failed to consider the<em>\u201charmful effects that withholding therapy could have had on the physical and mental health of the applicant.\u201d<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Court concluded that the Polish authorities<em>\u201cfailed to strike a fair balance between the competing interests at stake, including the protection of the applicant's health and her interest in continuing hormone therapy associated with gender reassignment.\u201d<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Court also highlighted the specific vulnerability of the applicant as<em>\u201ca transgender individual undergoing gender reassignment while incarcerated, requiring enhanced protection\u201d<\/em>from the State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consequently, the ECtHR found a violation of Article 8 of the ECHR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fdcfc74e wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 has-custom-font-size is-style-fill has-small-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0px;text-transform:none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-text-align-left wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hudoc.echr.coe.int\/eng?i=001-234807\" style=\"border-radius:0px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Full text of the judgment available<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We invite everyone to follow the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/objustica_constitucional\/\">Observat\u00f3rio<\/a>\u00a0on social media for more relevant and up-to-date content on Constitutional Justice.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":[],"categoria-blog-observatorio":[81],"cluster":[51],"grupo-de-investigacao":[],"class_list":["post-7337","blog","type-blog","status-publish","hentry","categoria-blog-observatorio-direitos_humanos","cluster-observatorio-de-justica-constitucional"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tribunal Europeu dos Direitos Humanos reconhece ofensa \u00e0 Conven\u00e7\u00e3o Europeia dos Direitos Humanos a decis\u00e3o de negar terapia hormonal a presa com disforia de g\u00eanero - Lisbon Public Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Em decis\u00e3o proferida em 25 de junho de 2024, no Caso Ucr\u00e2nia v. 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