Dan Christian Ghattas
Nationality
  • German
  • Tunesian
  • French
Occupations
  • Intersex activist
  • Author
Websiteoiieurope.org

Dan Christian Ghattas is an intersex activist, university lecturer and author who co-founded OII Europe in 2012[1] and is now executive director.[2] In 2013, he authored Human Rights between the Sexes, a first comparative international analysis of the human rights situation of intersex people.[3]

Career

In 2018, Ghattas was appointed as the first executive director of OII Europe.[2] He is formerly a university lecturer and cultural scientist.[4] He has a PhD in medieval culture.[5]

Activism

Ghattas started working on intersex human rights in 2009.[5] Alongside Miriam van der Have, he became a co-chair of OII Europe,[6][7] and later executive director, speaking at events across Europe[8] including the launch of a Council of Europe issue paper on "Human rights and intersex people" in Montenegro.[7] He has provided expertise to a range of institutions, including the Maltese government, the Parliament of the European Union, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.[5]

Ghattas has participated in all four International Intersex Forums, and helped to initiate the first forum.[5] In 2015, Ghattas joined an international advisory board for a first philanthropic Intersex Human Rights Fund established by the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.[9] Ghattas is also a bridge builder advisor to the Disability Rights Fund.[5]

Works

Ghattas has written or co-edited multiple books. He authored Human Rights between the Sexes or Menschenrechte zwischen den Geschlechtern, published in English and German in 2013 by the Heinrich Böll Foundation.[10] The report is believed to be the first comparative international analysis of the human rights of intersex people; it found that intersex people are discriminated against worldwide.[11][4][12][13] Earlier, in 2012, he co-authored a first study into the lives of trans people in Germany, entitled Studie zur Lebenssituation von Transsexuellen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.[4]

Selected bibliography

Books and book chapters

Editorials

See also

References

  1. ^ "First ever European Intersex NGO founded. OII Europe sets up work on Intersex Human Right Issues". OII Europe. 14 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Welcome our Executive Director, Dan Christian Ghattas!". February 7, 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  3. ^ "Human rights between the sexes, a study". Organisation Intersex International Australia. 11 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Ghattas, Dan Christian; Heinrich Böll Foundation (September 2013). "Human Rights Between the Sexes" (PDF). boell.de.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Global Advisory Board", Disability Rights Fund, 2016
  6. ^ Caroline Ausserer, Dr. Dan Christian Ghattas (December 15, 2015). "It Is Still a Big Taboo". Heinrich Böll Foundation. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  7. ^ a b "IDAHO 2015: Montenegro's government contributes significantly to holding of 14th Roundtable of European Governmental LGBT Focal Points Network". Government of Montenegro. May 12, 2015. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  8. ^ "Summary: Trans and intersex people – Challenges for EU law". European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights. September 28, 2012. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  9. ^ "Introducing the Intersex Fund team at Astraea!". Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. June 16, 2015. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  10. ^ "Menschenrechte zwischen den Geschlechtern". boell.de (in German). Heinrich Böll Foundation. October 2013.
  11. ^ "Nicht Mann, niche Frau. Intersexuelle müssen sich nicht mehr festlegen". 3sat.de (in German). 3sat. 30 October 2013.
  12. ^ "Dr. Dan Christian Ghattas". intersexualite.de (in German). OII Germany. 8 January 2008. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  13. ^ "A preliminary study on the life situations of inter* individuals". oiieurope.org. OII Europe. 4 November 2013.
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