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| Region | Croatia |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | Nov 20, 2014 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Article 9(a) of the State Registry Act (1993, as amended in 2013), establishes a procedure to change the gender marker on a person's birth certificate. This procedure is detailed in Ordinance No. 2,550 (Official Gazette No. 132) (2014). |
| Sources | https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2014_11_132_2487.html https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/HR%20-%20LEG%20-%20Ordinances%202487%20Official%20Gaz%20132%20(2014)%20-%20OR-OFF%20(hr).pdf |
Revision History (10)
edited by jadeywadey. Bad status/desc, added sources
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Description | No restrictions since Nov 20, 2014. Guidelines about the method of collecting medical documentation and determining conditions and assumptions for sex change or life in another gender identity from 2014, Article 2 (2): "No person shall be forced to undergo medical procedures, including surgical sex adjustment, sterilization or hormone therapy, as a condition for recognition of a change of sex or life in another gender identity." | Article 9(a) of the State Registry Act (1993, as amended in 2013), establishes a procedure to change the gender marker on a person's birth certificate. This procedure is detailed in Ordinance No. 2,550 (Official Gazette No. 132) (2014). |
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| Sources | https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2014_11_132_2487.html | https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2014_11_132_2487.html https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/HR%20-%20LEG%20-%20Ordinances%202487%20Official%20Gaz%20132%20(2014)%20-%20OR-OFF%20(hr).pdf |
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edited by Aleksandar. More in description
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| Description | No restrictions since Nov 20, 2014. Article 2 (2): "No person shall be forced to undergo medical procedures, including surgical sex adjustment, sterilization or hormone therapy, as a condition for recognition of a change of sex or life in another gender identity." | No restrictions since Nov 20, 2014. Guidelines about the method of collecting medical documentation and determining conditions and assumptions for sex change or life in another gender identity from 2014, Article 2 (2): "No person shall be forced to undergo medical procedures, including surgical sex adjustment, sterilization or hormone therapy, as a condition for recognition of a change of sex or life in another gender identity." |
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- Status is not correct "Diagnosis required : Article 9(a) of the State Registry Act (1993, as amended in 2013), establishes an administrative procedure to rectify the gender marker on a person's birth registry. This procedure is detailed in Ordinance No. 2,550 (Official Gazette No. 132) (2014), which outlines the need for medical documentation and the preconditions for gender change. The applicant needs to obtain the approval of the National Health Council, which requires the expert opinions of a psychologist and a psychiatrist from a list provided by the government. Alongside these two opinions, the applicant shall also submit a report on personal and family circumstances issued by the regional social welfare centre. The Ordinance explicitly bans any requirements that compel the applicant to "undergo medical procedures, including surgical gender reassignment, sterilisation or hormone therapy".
For minors, a specific set of reports from medical and mental health practitioners specialising in paediatric cases, as well as parent or guardian consent, are required.
https://database.ilga.org/croatia-lgbti"
edited by Aleksandar. Description cosmetics
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| Description | Since Nov 20, 2014. Missing non binary options on documents. Article 2 (2): "No person shall be forced to undergo medical procedures, including surgical sex adjustment, sterilization or hormone therapy, as a condition for recognition of a change of sex or life in another gender identity." | No restrictions since Nov 20, 2014. Article 2 (2): "No person shall be forced to undergo medical procedures, including surgical sex adjustment, sterilization or hormone therapy, as a condition for recognition of a change of sex or life in another gender identity." |
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edited by Aleksandar. Descript. date change
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| Description | Since Nov 15, 2014. Missing non binary options on documents. Article 2 (2): "No person shall be forced to undergo medical procedures, including surgical sex adjustment, sterilization or hormone therapy, as a condition for recognition of a change of sex or life in another gender identity." | Since Nov 20, 2014. Missing non binary options on documents. Article 2 (2): "No person shall be forced to undergo medical procedures, including surgical sex adjustment, sterilization or hormone therapy, as a condition for recognition of a change of sex or life in another gender identity." |
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edited by Aleksandar. Starting date corected. Came in effect on Nov 20
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| Start Date | Nov 15, 2014 | Nov 20, 2014 |
edited by Notdog1996
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| Start Date | Jan 1, 1994 | Nov 15, 2014 |
| End Date | Sep 5, 2018 | (none) |
| Description | Since Nov 15, 2014. Missing non binary options on documents. | Since Nov 15, 2014. Missing non binary options on documents. Article 2 (2): "No person shall be forced to undergo medical procedures, including surgical sex adjustment, sterilization or hormone therapy, as a condition for recognition of a change of sex or life in another gender identity." |
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| Sources | https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2014_11_132_2487.html | |
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- Status is not correct "Hormone therapy is required"
- Status is not correct "Effectively a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria is necessary to change one’s gender marker. As to change one’s gender an opinion of a gender therapist, psychiatrist and endocrinologist is necessary. This process is in line with access to HRT, which requires a months long evaluations from both a gender therapist and psychiatrist, and only then can one be directed to an endocrinologist to receive a prescription.
This, I believe a more accurate status would be legal, but requires medical diagnosis. As that is the effective state of affairs."
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| End Date | Jun 5, 2018 | Sep 5, 2018 |
| Description | Since Nov 15, 2014 | Since Nov 15, 2014. Missing non binary options on documents. |
| Sources | No |