The trans-formation of Law: The evolution of the international human rights law in order to protect the gender identity of transgender people

• Autor: Lengua Parra, Adrián
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/22497
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/iusetveritas/article/view/22497
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Derechos Humanos; Identidad de Género; Personas Trans; Igualdad y No Discriminación; Human Rights; Gender Identity; Trans Persons; Equality and Non-discrimination

The present paper seeks to describe the process of recognition of gender identity as a prohibited reason for discrimination in International Human Rights Law (hereafter, IHRL) and show how this has allowed a better protection of the rights of trans people. For it, this document realizes a classification of the speeches that have addressed the situation of these people and their relationship with the law. On this basis, it is postulated that the IHRL have supported a model that seeks the depathologization of trans identities and it is explained which the actual protection standard that States must comply in order to protect the right of identity of that population.