Celebrating 10 years of the Yogyakarta Principles: What have we learnt and where to now? Question 2: Roles of specific actors States • Legislative, the executive, the parties, religious leaders need to know the Principles: Being creative to deploy the Principles such as opposition to violence, discrimination and forms of engagement on human rights • National statistical bureaus ensure that relevant statistics and data are collected. Judiciary • Internalising and domesticating the Principles into the state’s laws – referring to the UDHR. Academics • Address the lack of ownership of the Principles – linking it to the principles of universality • Better strategic engagement was needed on LGBTI issues, especially where these raise particularly sensitive issues. One way of doing this is by addressing the Principles through less controversial subjects, such as countering violence and extremism. Advocates • Using the currency of SDGs more effectively • Strategic engagement with the media • Tap into informal civil society networks and platforms • Political engagement at the national and international levels. Being strategic to engage in domestic and international law • Lobbying governments to ensure that the Principles are given expression in domestic/state laws – e.g. definition of sex /gender. NHRIs • Education, research and regional network among institutions • To ‘translate’ the Principles into specific local contexts. Community organisations • CSOs expressly referring to the Principle in the UPR shadow reports • Including LGBTI rights on the formal agenda – indirectly e.g. violence and extremism. Service providers (e.g. health sector) • Sexual minority members and their lived experience. UN agencies • UN internal and external sector engagement. Regional actors • Address existing problems of weak regional institutions in Asia • Engagement in ASEAN networks. 34