# Colombia's Highest Court Restricts Surgery on Intersex Children

The Constitutional Court of Colombia has issued three decisions which establish important protections of the human rights of intersex people and restrict the authority of parents and physicians to authorize medically unnecessary genital plastic surgery. Read an English summary of the decisions, or the complete decisions in Spanish, online.

• Background of Colombia Decisions
• Authors of Background article on Colombia Decisions
• ISNA's Amicus Brief on Intersex Genital Surgery
• Colombia Brief en Espanol
• Texts of Colombia Decisions

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