{"id":8954,"date":"2026-04-13T20:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=8954"},"modified":"2026-04-13T20:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:04:04","slug":"india-presidential-approval-of-regressive-transgender-bill-a-major-step-backward-for-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/04\/13\/india-presidential-approval-of-regressive-transgender-bill-a-major-step-backward-for-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"India:\u00a0Presidential approval of regressive Transgender Bill a major step backward for human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amnesty International has condemned the Indian President&#8217;s assent to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, labeling it a major setback for human rights. The new law effectively removes the right to self-identify, replacing personal autonomy with a restrictive system of state-mandated medical boards and bureaucratic verification. This amendment contradicts the landmark 2014 Supreme Court <em>NALSA<\/em> ruling, which established gender identity as a matter of personal dignity and choice. Additionally, the legislation introduces invasive surveillance risks and a criminal framework that could target activists, healthcare providers, and families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: March 31, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2026\/03\/india-presidential-approval-of-regressive-transgender-bill-a-major-step-backward-for-human-rights\/\">amnesty.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amnesty International has condemned the Indian President&#8217;s assent to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, labeling it a major setback for human rights. The new law effectively removes the right to self-identify, replacing personal autonomy with a restrictive system of state-mandated medical boards and bureaucratic verification. This amendment contradicts the landmark 2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":8956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gender-equality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8954"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9226,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8954\/revisions\/9226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}