UN rights body adopts first resolution to protect rights of intersex people

FILE PHOTO: Intersex-Inclusive Pride flags, designed by Valentino Vecchietti and used to represent the LGBTIQ community, hang across Regent Street ahead of next weeks Pride parade in London, Britain, June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday voted to adopt a resolution designed to protect the rights of intersex people, the first initiative of its kind that diplomats and rights groups described as an landmark moment for humhttp://content.reuters.com/auth-server/content/tag:reuters.com,2022:newsml_RC2NZU942Z9N:284581975/tag:reuters.com,2022:binary_RC2NZU942Z9N-BASEIMAGE?action=download&mediatype=picture&mex_media_type=picture&token=QxzOjyVpRjn1gTApNZjdj%2FfdTL1E1udHImvrSv5CoSE%3Dan rights.

Twenty-four countries voted in favour, twenty-three abstained and none voted against the resolution, which was spearheaded by Finland, South Africa, Chile and Australia.