Table of Contents
1. Preliminary ................................................................................................................... 4
1.1. Préambule ...................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
1.1.1. Contexte et méthode de travail ......................................................................................... 4
1.1.2. Le modèle législatif que nous proposons est ambitieux et nécessaire ............. 4
1.1.3. Nos organisations demandent au Gouvernement et au Parlement de réaliser
les avancées suivantes : ........................................................................................................................ 5
1.2. Whearas ............................................................................................................................... 5
1.3. Definitions .......................................................................................................................... 9
1.4. Right to self-determination of one’s personal identity and right to self-
determination of one’s gender identity .............................................................................13
2. JUSTICE AND CIVIL LAW – Cabinet Geens ........................................................ 15
2.1. Right to the amend the recorded gender...............................................................15
2.1.1. Principle ................................................................................................................................... 15
2.1.2. Procedure - Modification of articles 62bis and 62ter of the civil Code ......... 15
2.1.3. Right to amend the recorded gender of minors and incapacitated
individuals............................................................................................................................................... 17
2.1.4. Right to amend the recorded gender of citizens living abroad ......................... 17
2.1.5. Challenge – Modification des articles 1383 à 1385 du Code judiciaire ......... 17
2.1.6. Genre enregistré des personnes à naître - modification de l’article 57 du
Code civil.................................................................................................................................................. 19
2.2. Right to amend the surnames in order to reflect an individual’s gender
identity ...........................................................................................................................................19
2.2.1. Principle ................................................................................................................................... 19
2.2.2. Procedure 1 – Collateral right to amend the surnames ....................................... 20
2.2.3. Procedure 2 – Modification of articles 2 to 4 of the loi relative aux noms et
prénoms ................................................................................................................................................... 20
2.2.4. Challenge against the decision of the Minister of Justice to amend or not to
amend the surnames .......................................................................................................................... 20
2.3. Right to modify the gender marker and the registered gender ....................20
2.4. Right to kinship of individuals that have amended their recorded gender –
modification of articles 312 to 330 of the civil Code .....................................................21
3. Equal opportunity – Cabinet Sleurs ................................................................... 23
3.1. Modification de la loi du 10 mai 2007 tendant à lutter contre la
discrimination entre les femmes et les hommes ............................................................23
3.1.1. Prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of sex, gender indentity,
gender expression, sexual characteristics or gender roles................................................. 23
3.1.2. Prohibition of specifics acts that notoriously contribute to the social
exclusion op trans people ................................................................................................................. 24
3.1.3. Obligation to provide reasonable accomdations for trans and intersex
people 24
3.2. Committee of gender identity, gender expression and sexual
characteristics .............................................................................................................................25
3.2.1. Foundation of the Committee of gender identity, gender expression and
sexual characteristics ......................................................................................................................... 25
3.2.2. Composition of the Committee of gender identity, gender expression and
sexual characteristics ......................................................................................................................... 25
3.2.3. Missions of the Committee ............................................................................................... 26
4. Health – Cabinet de Block ..................................................................................... 28
4.1. Right to alter the sexual characteristics ................................................................28
4.1.1. Principle ................................................................................................................................... 28