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Title	Yogyakarta Principles - Principles on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity
Publisher	International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
Publication Date	March 2007
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Cite as	International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Yogyakarta Principles - Principles on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity, March 2007, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/48244e602.html [accessed 28 May 2012]
Comments	Drafted, developed and discussed by a group of human rights experts. Following an experts’ meeting held at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from 6 to 9 November 2006, 29 experts from 25 countries with diverse backgrounds and expertise relevant to issues of human rights law unanimously adopted the Yogyakarta Principles.
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Topics: Transvestite, Sexual and reproductive rights, Transgender, Lesbians, Homosexuals, Gays,

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