28. 委员会欢迎成立性别承认问题跨部门工作组(上文第 5(e)段)，但表示关切的是，有报告称变性人为了获得对其性别认同的法律承认，必须完成性别再造手术，其中包括去除生殖器官、绝育和生殖器再造术。委员会还表示关切的是，双性儿童为确定性别必须在年幼时就接受不必要且不可逆的手术。委员会还对这些做法造成的长期身心创伤表示关切(第 10 条、第 12 条、第 14 条和第 16 条)。
28. While welcoming the set-up of an interdepartmental working group on gender recognition (see para. 5 (e) above), the Committee is concerned about reports that transgender persons are required to have completed sex-reassignment surgery, which includes the removal of reproductive organs, sterilization and genital reconstruction, in order to obtain legal recognition of their gender identity. The Committee is also concerned that intersex children are subjected to unnecessary and irreversible surgery to determine their sex at an early stage. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned at the long-term physical and psychological suffering caused by such practices (arts. 10, 12, 14 and 16).