TGEU publishes toolkit: The Trans Rights Revolution – An activist’s guide to groundbreaking CJEU cases 2024-2025

Between 2024 and 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU’s highest Court, dealt with four important judgments on the rights of trans people in the EU. This toolkit empowers trans activists to understand why these rulings matter and helps them use them in their important work.

Who is this toolkit for? 

This toolkit is mainly for activists and human rights groups working on trans rights issues in the EU. It is not just for lawyers and legal experts. Its goal is to empower everyone to understand and use the CJEU’s judgments in their work. 

What is in this toolkit?

TGEU’s toolkit gives a short and easy-to-read summary of four recent CJEU cases: Mirin, Mousse, Deldits, and Shipov. 

It explains: 

• What the cases are about
• What the CJEU or the Advocate General  said 
• What this means for trans people in the EU
• How trans activists can use the cases

The toolkit covers the following cases:

Why does this matter now?

Rights within the EU apply to all EU citizens and residents, including trans people. Between 2024 and 2025, the CJEU made several important rulings that strengthened protections in sensitive areas for trans people. These rulings are the result of years of hard work by trans activists, civil society organisations, and legal teams. They show how EU countries must protect trans people’s rights. They apply to courts, public authorities, private and public bodies that collect personal data, and other institutions that affect trans people’s daily lives. 

With this toolkit, TGEU hopes that activists across the EU – and beyond – will better understand the rights trans people have and how to make them a reality.

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