COA 25-year-old transgender woman named Engel Cattleya Valencia from Piendamó, Cauca, faced discrimination when she was prevented by local authorities from registering as a candidate for the Municipal Youth Council elections (2026–2030). Valencia had completed legal procedures to change her name and gender marker on her ID documents but encountered technical issues where these changes were not reflected in the national civil registry’s online system. This caused her political endorsement to be invalid under gender parity rules for youth council lists. She filed a constitutional protection claim against the National Civil Registry, which the Constitutional Court ruled violated her rights to human dignity, equality, non-discrimination, and gender identity. The court ordered the registry to identify administrative barriers affecting transgender individuals' political participation and implement a gender-inclusive online registration system ahead of future elections.
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