Law on the protection against conversion treatments
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Law on the protection against conversion treatments |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Ancillary criminal law , medical law |
| References : | 450-33 |
| Issued on: | June 12, 2020 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1285 ) |
| Entry into force on: | June 24, 2020 |
| GESTA : | M033 |
| Weblink: | Text of the law |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The law on protection against conversion treatments is a German federal law. It represents the execution of conversion therapies to minors and full-year olds who have not effectively agreed, under penalty ( § 2 ). It also prohibits public advertising for, as well as the public offering and mediation of conversion therapies ( Section 3 ). Providing conversion treatment to a minor is in principle punishable as an aid to carrying out the treatment in accordance with Section 27 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Section 5 (1) if the conversion treatment was carried out.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that homosexuality and transgender are not a disease and there is no indication for "treatment". Since 1991 homosexuality has not been listed as a mental disorder in the WHO classification (ICD-10) , and transsexuality was removed from the list of mental illnesses in May 2019. In 2013 the World Medical Association condemned so-called conversion therapies as a violation of human rights and as incompatible with the ethics of medical practice. In 2014, the German Medical Association warned of the negative effects on health.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Law to protect against conversion treatment" passed: Protection of sexual and gender self-determination FamRZ , May 11, 2020.
- ↑ Official justification on BT-Drs. 19/17278
- ↑ Federal Chamber of Psychotherapists : Homosexuality and transgender are not diseases December 18, 2019.
- ↑ World Medical Association: Homosexuality is not a disease. Resolutions of the 64th General Assembly of the World Medical Association from 16. – 19. October 2013 in Fortaleza, Brazil, press release of the German Medical Association, October 22, 2013.
- ↑ Activity report of the German Medical Association: "Conversion" or "reparative" procedures in the case of homosexuality: Motion for a resolution from the Ärztetags-Drucksache No. VII - 11 new, May 2014.
- ↑ Federal Ministry of Health : "It's ok the way you are." - Therapies to "cure" homosexuality are to be banned in future May 25, 2020.
