The Yogyakarta Principles plus 10 – 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

The Yogyakarta Principles plus 10 (YP+10) complement and elaborate on the original Yogyakarta Principles released in 2007 which underlined the rights of people with ‘diverse sexual orientations and gender identities’. The YP+10 were developed by a drafting committee led by two human rights organisations – International Service for Human Rights, Switzerland, and ARC International, Canada. The additional principles were adopted on November 10, 2017, following a meeting of international human rights experts in Geneva from September 18 to 20, 2017. These experts included people from various countries “from multiple legal traditions, and of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions and sex characteristics.” The 27-page document covers nine additional Principles, 111 additional state obligations concerning international human rights standards in relation to people with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics. The following are excerpts of the nine additional Principles included in the document: Principle 30: Everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics, has the right to State protection from violence, discrimination and other harm, whether by government officials or by any individual or group. States shall […] take appropriate and effective measures to eradicate all forms of violence, discrimination and other harm, including any advocacy of hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility, or violence on grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics, whether by public or private actors. Principle 31: Everyone has the right to legal recognition without reference to, or requiring assignment or disclosure of, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics. Everyone has the right to obtain identity documents, including birth certificates, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics...