: The United Nations has classified the forced sterilization of transgender people as a form of torture.
: Fear of retaliation, social stigma, and lack of trust in law enforcement lead to low disclosure rates.
: Transgender women are frequently targeted by organized crime, such as drug cartels in Mexico, who subject them to kidnapping, human trafficking, and torture. tortured shemale
: Interventions aimed at "curing" or changing a person's gender identity are condemned by organizations like Amnesty International as cruel and inhuman treatment that can amount to torture. Barriers to Justice
International bodies have identified certain non-consensual medical practices as forms of torture: : The United Nations has classified the forced
: A 24-year-old transgender man was subjected to a month of "prolonged physical and psychological abuse" in upstate New York. He was physically assaulted with various objects, denied nutrition, and eventually murdered.
: Many jurisdictions lack gender-inclusive laws or specialized medical services to support survivors of sexual torture. : Interventions aimed at "curing" or changing a
Survivors of torture often face significant obstacles when seeking help: