Search and free download all ebooks, handbook, textbook, user guide pdf files on the internet quickly and easily. Seu compromisso e esforco incansavel foram criticos. On november the 26 th, 2016, yogyakarta principles turned 10 years since they have been released. We celebrated this anniversary with actions to highlight the impact the principles have had on the lives of lgbt people, the potential they created for civil society, and the work that needs to be done going forwards. Welcome to yp in action, a website hosted by arc international to track and evaluate the use of the yogyakarta principles this website tracks the use of the principles to make the information available to activists, lawyers, academics, governments, and others to further their work in the area of sexual orientation and gender identity. Nov 10, 2017 we have commemorated the 10th anniversary of the yogyakarta principles.
Although the authors claim that these principles apply existing human rights standards to the specific needs of persons with different i. Yogyakarta principles working group sexuality policy watch. Following an experts meeting held at gadjah mada university in yogyakarta, indonesia from 6 to 9 november 2006, 29 distinguished experts from 25 countries with diverse backgrounds and expertise relevant to issues of human rights law unanimously adopted the yogyakarta principles on the application of international human rights law in relation. Mar 01, 2007 yogyakarta principles march 1, 2007 the icj and the international service for human rights are developing a set of international legal principles on the application of international law to human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Here you can download both, yogyakarta principles plus 10 and yogyakarta principles pdfs. A brief commentary on the yogyakarta principles by jakob. The yogakarta principles are an application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity. Additional principles and state obligations on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics to complement the yogyakarta principles. The yogyakarta principles have been adopted in 2007 by a selfstyled international panel of experts in international human rights law and on sexual orientation and gender identity. O relator da reuniao, professor michael oflaherty, deu uma contribuicao imensa a versao preliminar e a revisao dos principios. This new set supplements the yogyakarta principles. On 10 november, 2017, additional principles and state obligations on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics to complement the yogyakarta principles were adopted. The yp plus 10 document emerged from the intersection of the developments in international human rights law with the emerging understanding of violations suffered by persons on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity and the recognition of the. The yogyakarta principles on the application of international law in relation to issues of sexual orientation and gender identity were adopted by a meeting of experts in international law in.
Yogyakarta principles simple english wikipedia, the free. Yogyakarta principles, formally the yogyakarta principles on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity is an advocacy document relating to international human rights law on the dignity and asserted rights of lgbt people. The principles were supplemented in 2017, expanding to include new grounds of gender expression and sex characteristics, and a number of new principles. The yogyakarta principles is a document about human rights in the areas of sexual orientation and gender identity, published as the outcome of an international meeting of human rights groups in yogyakarta, indonesia, in november 2006. Yogyakarta principles international commission of jurists. As such, the principles are a highly important step forward in the movement towards establishing basic human rights for all people. Todos os direitos humanos sao universais, interdependentes, indivisiveis e interrelacionados.
The role of the yogyakarta principles professor douglas sanders1 august 4, 2008 the united nations is a large and complex set of institutions. It was adopted after an international meeting held by the international commission of jurists in yogyakarta. Together, these documents provide an authoritative, expert. Access to information is essential for rational decisionmaking by government in development planning, public investment and service delivery, for. The principles were supplemented in 2017, expanding to include new grounds of gender expression and sex.
The yp plus 10 was adopted on 10 november, 2017 to supplement the yogyakarta principles. Discrimination against transgender people in europe, adopted by the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe in april 2015. Yogyakarta principles a milestone for lesbian, gay. Yogyakarta municipality is one of the five regencie 1. The yp plus 10 document emerged from the intersection of the. Todos os seres humanos nascem livres e iguais em dignidade e direitos.