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| Region | Azerbaijan |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Restricted |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Government does provide a fundamental right to gender affirming care but transgender people have been known to be refused treatment. In practice, surgery and hormone replacement therapy are not provided. |
| Sources | https://www.coe.int/t/Commissioner/Source/LGBT/AzerbaijanLegal_E.pdf https://president.az/en/pages/view/azerbaijan/constitution (Article 42) https://www.ilga-europe.org/files/uploads/2022/05/Forced-Out-LGBT-People-Azerbaijan.pdf https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/lib-docs/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session4/AZ/WMW_AZE_UPR_S4_2009_WomenandModernWorld_etal_JOINT_upr.pdf |
Revision History (5)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing the status.
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0 | Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
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| Value | Banned | Restricted |
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Leaning towards banned as they are not provided in practice.
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Banned |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Banned |
| Description | Government does provide a fundamental right to gender affirming care but transgender people have been known to be refused treatment. | Government does provide a fundamental right to gender affirming care but transgender people have been known to be refused treatment. In practice, surgery and hormone replacement therapy are not provided. |
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| Sources | https://www.coe.int/t/Commissioner/Source/LGBT/AzerbaijanLegal_E.pdf https://president.az/en/pages/view/azerbaijan/constitution (Article 42) https://www.ilga-europe.org/files/uploads/2022/05/Forced-Out-LGBT-People-Azerbaijan.pdf | https://www.coe.int/t/Commissioner/Source/LGBT/AzerbaijanLegal_E.pdf https://president.az/en/pages/view/azerbaijan/constitution (Article 42) https://www.ilga-europe.org/files/uploads/2022/05/Forced-Out-LGBT-People-Azerbaijan.pdf https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/lib-docs/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session4/AZ/WMW_AZE_UPR_S4_2009_WomenandModernWorld_etal_JOINT_upr.pdf |
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edited by UnknownMiles. Reverting to revision #40876: changed by spam user
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0 | Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | 2001 | (unknown) |
| Description | In 2001, Azerbaijan adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition. | Government does provide a fundamental right to gender affirming care but transgender people have been known to be refused treatment. |
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| Federal Law | Yes | No |
| Sources | https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/icd-code-version-used-to-classify-causes-of-death?time=2001®ion=Asia | https://www.coe.int/t/Commissioner/Source/LGBT/AzerbaijanLegal_E.pdf https://president.az/en/pages/view/azerbaijan/constitution (Article 42) https://www.ilga-europe.org/files/uploads/2022/05/Forced-Out-LGBT-People-Azerbaijan.pdf |
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| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal |
| Start Date | (unknown) | 2001 |
| Description | Government does provide a fundamental right to gender affirming care but transgender people have been known to be refused treatment. | In 2001, Azerbaijan adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition. |
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| Federal Law | No | Yes |
| Sources | https://www.coe.int/t/Commissioner/Source/LGBT/AzerbaijanLegal_E.pdf https://president.az/en/pages/view/azerbaijan/constitution (Article 42) https://www.ilga-europe.org/files/uploads/2022/05/Forced-Out-LGBT-People-Azerbaijan.pdf | https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/icd-code-version-used-to-classify-causes-of-death?time=2001®ion=Asia |
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| Original entry | |
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| Status | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Government does provide a fundamental right to gender affirming care but transgender people have been known to be refused treatment. |
| Sources | https://www.coe.int/t/Commissioner/Source/LGBT/AzerbaijanLegal_E.pdf https://president.az/en/pages/view/azerbaijan/constitution (Article 42) https://www.ilga-europe.org/files/uploads/2022/05/Forced-Out-LGBT-People-Azerbaijan.pdf |