Reflections on the UN Joint Statement of 27 February 2026
A reflection of the UN Joint Statement of 27 February 2026 and its implications for legal recognition, safeguarding frameworks, and institutional design in the United Kingdom.
A reflection of the UN Joint Statement of 27 February 2026 and its implications for legal recognition, safeguarding frameworks, and institutional design in the United Kingdom.
In 2025, UK systems that once offered protection increasingly became sources of harm for transitioned women. Without repealing rights, policy and practice shifted in ways that reduced safety, access, and dignity. This manifesto sets out how those harms arose, and how they can be reduced through practical, proportionate system redesign.
Liberty, Amnesty International UK and Human Rights Watch have made a joint statement decrying the treatment of ts, trans, intersex and non-binary people signaling serious concerns about the human rights of such individuals.