Medieval A 12th-century
canon law collection known as the states that "Whether an
hermaphrodite may witness a testament, depends on which sex prevails" (
Hermafroditus an ad testamentum adhiberi possit, qualitas sexus incalescentis ostendit).
Early modern period In a court case heard at the
Castellania in 1774 during the
Order of St John in
Malta, 17-year-old Rosa Mifsud from
Luqa, later described in clinical literature as a "
pseudo-hermaphrodite", petitioned for a change in sex classification from female. The Grandmaster himself took the final decision for Mifsud to wear male-only clothes from then on. Local representatives Silvan Agius of ILGA-Europe and
Ruth Baldacchino of ILGA hosted and co-organized the event. The declaration affirmed the existence of intersex people, and demanded an end to "discrimination against intersex people and to ensure the right of bodily integrity, physical autonomy and self-determination". Silvan Agius subsequently became human rights policy coordinator at the Ministry for Social Dialogue, In 2015, Malta adopted world-first protections for intersex people, including protection from non-consensual cosmetic changes to sex characteristics in childhood, and protection from discrimination. == Physical integrity and bodily autonomy ==