Report of the Conference
Group 3: Engaging CSOs
Rapporteur
Bin Xu, Common Language
• There is an urgent need to educate the community to increase their awareness on the reality of
LGBTI rights
• Train young and passionate activists to be vocal about ongoing serious violations of rights
• Develop and widely use creative promotional materials on the Yogyakarta Principles, such as comic
books and mobile phone apps
• There is a need to be creative in translating the language of the Yogyakarta Principles not only into
the local language, but also to the local context
• Fiji developed a submission to the Constitution using the language of the Yogyakarta Principles,
through the initiative of the community groups
• Activists can use the Yogyakarta Principles when drafting reports to the international mechanisms
• Build alliances in national and international advocacy to promote the Principles and their application
• Include a rights based approach in SOGIESC based research
• Economic cost approach works with LGBTI rights – community based organisations could lead
this work
• The almost total absence of intersex issues and language in the Yogyakarta Principles should be
addressed.
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