Michael Foran: For Women Scotland: Is legal recognition of biological sex a violation of human rights? – UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted May 15th, 2025 in news by sally

‘In For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers the UK Supreme Court rejected the contention that possession of a Gender Recognition Certificate changes an individual’s sex for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010, maintaining equality of status for all those protected under the characteristic of gender reassignment and ensuring that biological women are protected as a distinct group. In the aftermath of this judgment, there has been a heated public debate, in particular on the impact that this has on the operation of single-sex facilities, with some arguing that failure to operate facilities on the basis of GRC status amounts to a human rights violation. For the reasons discussed below, this claim is not sustainable.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 15th May 2025

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org