Part I of this paper (R& P 2011, 29: 215 - 229) discussed the decisions of the ECHR on transsexuality and their repercussions on many of the 47 Council of Europe member states. Part II, presented here, identifies their influence beyond the boundaries of Europe, especially on Latin American countries. In a second step, the contributions of three other institutions of the Council of Europe are
... [Show full abstract] critically evaluated: the slow-paced European Parliament, the relatively new but extremely dynamic Commissioner of Human Rights and the rather pale International Commission on Civil Status. Over the last few years two issues are being increasingly questioned: first, that only postoperative transsexuals should enjoy the new legal privileges, and second, that transsexuality is still widely considered a health problem. Most recent legislation and court cases tend to forgo operations and hormonal treatment as prerequisites for the change of civil status resulting in women with a penis and men with functioning female organs. How to escape the legal chaos?