The Egyptian Constitution and Transgender Rights: Judicial Interpretation of Islamic Norms
Ahmed Ali Dabash
Abstract:The lack of legislations regulate legal issues of transgenderism, transsexuality and sex reassignment surgery (SRS) in Egypt, lead to the raise of many questions regarding the legality of conducting the SRS and its consequences, this paper aims to highlight the SRS legal issues occurred in Egypt and determine the approach taken by the Judicial authorities in dealing with this matter and provides a critical analysis of the related rulings issued by the Egyptian courts, given that Egypt as an Islamic country and… Show more
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