Editing Right to sexuality (section)

==Yogyakarta principles==
In 2005, twenty-nine experts undertook the drafting of the [[Yogyakarta Principles]] on the Application of International Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.<ref>[http://www.yogyakartaprinciples.org/principles_en.htm The Yogyakarta Principles] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509135718/http://www.yogyakartaprinciples.org/principles_en.htm |date=2008-05-09 }}</ref> The document was intended to set out experiences of human rights violations against people of diverse sexual orientation and transgender people, the application of international human rights law to those experiences and the nature of obligations on States in respect of those experiences.<ref>M O'Flaherty and J Fisher ''Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and International Human Rights Law: Contextualising the Yogyakarta Principles'' (2008) 8 HRLR 207 at 233.</ref>

The Principles can be broadly categorised into the following:
* Principles 1 to 3 set out the universality of human rights and their application to all persons.
* Principles 4 to 11 address fundamental rights to life, freedom from violence and torture, privacy, access to justice and freedom from arbitrary detention.
* Principles 12 to 18 set out non-discrimination in relation of economic, social and cultural rights, including employment, accommodation, social security, education and health.
* Principles 19 to 21 emphasise the importance of freedom of expression, identity and sexuality, without State interference, including peaceful assembly.
* Principles 22 and 23 set out the right to seek asylum from persecution of based on sexual orientation.
* Principles 24 to 26 set out the right to participate in family and cultural life and public affairs.
* Principle 27 sets out the right to promote and defend human rights without discrimination based on sexual orientation.
* Principles 28 and 29 emphasise the importance of holding those who violate human rights accountable, and ensuring redress for those who face rights violations.

The Yogyakarta Principles is an instrument of [[soft law]] and is therefore not binding. But it does provide an important standard for States in their obligation to protect the rights of individuals of diverse sexual orientation.