Report of the Conference Many individuals have been tortured and murdered in recent years for their work to achieve a more equitable and equal society. While the innumerable sacrifices made by LGBTI advocates and people who stand up for the cause of human rights need to reflected upon, most human rights advocates, CSOs and members of the public remain inadequately informed of its provisions. Therefore, more concerted efforts to empower people on the ground are needed. The Principles also need to be better connected to their applications; therefore, there is a need to create better interpretations and supplementary explanations for the Principles. By translating the Principles into the local language and context and by using the spiritual and emotional resources of the community, as well as by using the power of love to bring the Principles to life is urgently needed. The Yogyakarta Principles can be effectively used as a critical launching pad for the activities of LGBTI advocates, which can be further helped by combining the effect of material, intellectual and emotional resources to perform and carry out campaigns over the long term. Learning from the jurisprudential development of the principles in the past, there is a need to focus on areas that would have the best impact on the quality of life of individuals and communities. 7.2. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND PRACTICE IN RELATION TO THE YOGYAKARTA PRINCIPLES Future development of international human rights law and practice in relation to the Yogyakarta Principles is another objective and theme of the conference. In this regard, a number of ideas were floated around the development and strengthening of the existing international human rights frameworks and practices to better align with the rights recognised in the Yogyakarta Principles. Linking the history and development of the Principles in the context of human rights systems and identifying relevant academic and theoretical contributions to human rights issues related to SOGIESC and making the Principles more binding within international law and human rights system as well as extending them to be better inclusive of intersex people are some of the key points of discussion. While the Principles provided an important platform for creative legal interpretation of the existing state of international law, there are challenges in responding to the urgency of addressing SOGIESC issues internationally. Moreover, stronger and well informed critique of human rights in the context of SOGIESC is also required in order to better appreciate the complementarities between the existing international human rights norms and the Yogyakarta Principles. 47