Yogyakarta Principles

The Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Law in Relation to Issues of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity is a set of principles drawn up in 2006 by a group of international experts meeting at Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and published in Geneva in 2007

The principles address:
 * rape and other forms of gender-based violence
 * extrajudicial executions
 * torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment
 * medical abuses
 * repression of free speech and assembly
 * discrimination in work, health, education, housing, access to justice, and immigration.

The experts launching the principles include a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as UN independent experts, members of UN treaty bodies, judges, activists, and academics.