reassignment surgeries or sterilization, and criminal prosecution and the possibility of arbitrary
arrest. LGTI individuals who exhibit same-sex desires and/or gender non-conformity are often
diagnosed with GID, and forced to undergo sexual reassignment surgeries or sterilization as well
as other so-called “reparative” treatments without being given accurate information on the risks
of such procedures. NGO sources have also documented the use of electric shock therapies,
prescribing psychoactive medication, hypnosis, among other reparative therapies on gay and
lesbian individuals, including underage adolescents.5 6
Recommendation Status:
This recommendation has NOT been implemented.
5
6Rang, Reparative Therapies on Gays and Lesbians through Cruel, Inhumane and Humiliating Treatments Has Increased in
Iran, July 13, 2018, available at: http://6rang.org/english/2422
6
6Rang, Submission to the third periodic review of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the UN Committee on the Rights of the
Child, 2015. Available at:
https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CRC/Shared%20Documents/IRN/INT_CRC_NGO_IRN_19808_E.pdf
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