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The National (Scotland)
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Abbi Garton-Crosbie

European expert dismisses Scotland transgender self-ID 'global risk' claims

A LEADING European human rights professor has disputed claims that self-ID in Scotland will have “global significance”.

Dr Pieter Cannoot, from Human Rights Centre at the University of Ghent, said cases of abuse of the system “haven’t occurred” in Belgium or other countries where the policy is already in place.

There are eighteen countries where self-determination, the removal of the medical requirement and psychiatric diagnosis to acquire a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) to legally change gender, is in place across the world.

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