Medical Board in Pakistan will no Longer Determine the Gender of Trans People

Pakistan improves the rights for LGBT people in a series of amendments to the “Transgender Persons Protection of Rights Bill 2017”. The amendments include that Tran’s people no longer have to face a medical board when determining their gender.

Chair of the Senate on Human Rights in Pakistan explains how getting the approval of a medical board subjects the Trans person to emotional stress as the process is embarrassing, attacks their self esteem and they sometimes face harassment.

Tran’s people will now be identified as those who express their identity differently from expectations based on the sex they were assigned at birth. However, there is still a strong social stigma when it comes to attitudes towards Trans people, they still face attacks in their communities.

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Indonesia to Ban Extramarital and Gay Sex

Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim population considers adultery to be a serious crime. The Draft of the legislation will rule out not only extramarital sex but same-sex activities and co-habitation.

A conservative group behind the push for the new legislation, Family Love Alliance, comments that the draft is merely a reflection of current values of the “majority … of all cultures in Indonesia”.

Parliament has been holding public conferences, taking the opinions of the public, legal experts, scholars on the topic of extramarital sex. Most political parties have been reported as for the changes that will ban same sex relations. Few politicians have spoken out against the draft for fear of losing the vote of the conservative majority.

Activists argue that the new legislation would cause a disruption with social development and make it hard to police without violating privacy.

Expert divorce lawyers in Thailand advise that it matters where the marriage was registered in order to follow the correct jurisdiction proceedings for their case.

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Child Abduction Act in Convention with the Hague Treaty on Child Abduction

Thailand lawmakers in 2013 took on many of the provisions from the international treaty, the Hague Convention on Child Abduction Law in Thailand. The domestic law, now known as the Thailand Child Abduction Act, will allow an aggrieved parent to file for the return of their child. However, the parent who is filing for their return must be able to prove that the child’s “habitual residence” is the country where the child is being requested back to. 

The Hague Treaty on Child Abdution is a treaty of international law that provides for uniform enforcement of child abduction laws between participating nations. Under the Act, petitions can be submitted to the Thailand Central Authority.

Chaninat & Leeds, a Bangkok based law firm further explains the international treaty in Thailand.

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