International Conference on LGBT Human Rights

Outgames 2006, Montréal, Canada

26 July - 29 July 2006






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Last updated on 25 August 2006

 

From 26 to 29 July 2006 the International Conference on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender

Human Rights was held in Montréal. The conference was the most important ever held on the

subject. It attracted 1.516 participants from 111 countries. The conference resulted in the

adoption of the Declaration of Montréal, which sets an agenda for LGBT human rights

and is a milestone in the history of the international LGBT community


 

The Declaration of Montréal

In Defence of LGBT Human Rights The Declaration of Montréal, unanimously endorsed by participants at the International Conference on LGBT Human Rights, remains one of the key moments of the 1st World Outgames. The five plenary sessions brought together 1,516 participants, including world-class speakers such as the Honourable Louise Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and international tennis champion Martina Navratilova. Over the coming months, the Declaration of Montréal will be delivered to officials at the United Nations and national governments around the world to seek meaningful support for the rights of the LGBT community. The council of the Borough of Ville-Marie of Montréal was the first political body to adopt the Declaration of Montréal on Tuesday, 1 August, before the 1st World Outgames had even ended. (Press Release issued by the Outgames on 5 August 2006)

Click here to read the Declaration of Montréal

 

 



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