Simić, Jelena (2019) Life in Legal Limbo - Trans* Persons in Serbia. In: Contemporary issues and perspectives on gender research / editors Lilijana Čičkarić, Zorica Mršević. Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, pp. 154-173. ISBN 978-86-7093-226-5
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Abstract
In the 21st century, the rights of trans* persons to personal development and physical and moral security, fully enjoyed by other members of the society, cannot be observed as controversial or something that requires a certain amount of time in order to clearly observe their related issues. New policies specifically formed for that purpose throughout the world primarily rely on constitutional provisions regarding the dignity of the human personality and the prohibition of discrimination, on the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the authentic experiences of trans* persons. In the Republic of Serbia, the 21st century brought changes that can be interpreted as significant for the position of trans* persons. Thereby, the Health Insurance Act provides insured persons at least 65% of the health service price from the compulsory health insurance fund for medically induced sex reassignment; the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia formed a Commission for Transgender Conditions; the Public Registry Act introduced an option to change sex in the birth register book, and a work group of the Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia passed a Rulebook on the manner of issuing and the form of the certificate issued by a competent healthcare institution concerning sex reassignment. This paper analyses the significance that these legal novelties hold for the very position of the trans* community in Serbia, and whether and to what extent they actually contributed to the improvement of their position in everyday life.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Additional Information: | COBISS.SR-ID 518131644 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Transpolne osobe -- Pravni položaj -- Srbija ; trans* persons, discrimination, sex change in birth register book, public registry. |
Subjects: | Human and Minority Rights |
Depositing User: | Mr Stanko Kovačić |
Date Deposited: | 29 Dec 2023 11:12 |
Last Modified: | 11 Feb 2025 14:32 |
URI: | http://repozitorijum.pravnifakultet.edu.rs/id/eprint/1026 |
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