On 27 October the Recommendation on equal rights for intersex persons was officially launched in the Council of Europe Palais.  The Secretary General Alain Berset highlighted that the Recommendation did not create new standards, but made it impossible to ignore existing ones. Director of Intersex International Europe Dan Christian Ghattas supported the Recommendation as establishing a new gold standard in Europe. Adopted unanimously on 7 October in Valletta, the Recommendation provides clear