Current Version
| Region | United Arab Emirates |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Dec 28, 2016 |
| End Date | Sep 5, 2019 |
| Description | In 2016, the UAE amended its federal medical liability law to permit sex reassignment surgery, but only in certain circumstances. The law specifies that these procedures should only be permitted for intersex individuals and not for purely psychiatric ones. The law also states that surgeons who operate on people who don't fit the requirements set forth by the same statute would be held criminally liable. |
| Sources | https://manaramagazine.org/2022/03/confused-judiciary-transgender-rights-inside-the-mena-regions-case-law-on-legal-gender-recognition/ |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "This status doesn’t mention legal gender recognition but surgery on intersex people. It was never legal.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/09/07/uae-stop-policing-gender-expression"
Revision History (9)
edited by Buzdolabimotoru. Fixed wrong year date
Helpful?
0 | Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| End Date | Sep 5, 2018 | Sep 5, 2019 |
| Description | In 2016, the UAE amended its federal medical liability law to permit sex reassignment surgery, but only in certain circumstances. The law specifies that these procedures should only be permitted for intersex individuals and not for purely psychiatric ones. The law also states that surgeons who operate on people who don't fit the requirements set forth by the same statute would be held criminally liable. | In 2016, the UAE amended its federal medical liability law to permit sex reassignment surgery, but only in certain circumstances. The law specifies that these procedures should only be permitted for intersex individuals and not for purely psychiatric ones. The law also states that surgeons who operate on people who don't fit the requirements set forth by the same statute would be held criminally liable. |
Show Difference | ||
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "false information it's dully illegal and laws against this are heavily enforced"
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | they provide the surgery. it is not required. Missing non binary options on documents. | In 2016, the UAE amended its federal medical liability law to permit sex reassignment surgery, but only in certain circumstances. The law specifies that these procedures should only be permitted for intersex individuals and not for purely psychiatric ones. The law also states that surgeons who operate on people who don't fit the requirements set forth by the same statute would be held criminally liable. |
Show Difference | ||
| Sources | https://manaramagazine.org/2022/03/confused-judiciary-transgender-rights-inside-the-mena-regions-case-law-on-legal-gender-recognition/ | |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| End Date | Jan 25, 2018 | Mar 2, 2018 |
| Description | they provide the surgery. it is not required. | they provide the surgery. it is not required. Missing non binary options on documents. |
Show Difference | ||
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| End Date | Sep 16, 2017 | Jan 25, 2018 |
| Description | they provide the surgery. | they provide the surgery. it is not required. |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Start Date | (unknown) | Dec 28, 2016 |
| End Date | Dec 28, 2016 | Sep 16, 2017 |