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III.W.8 DECLARATION OF MONTREAL ON LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER HUMAN RIGHTS
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Adopted at Montreal, 29 July 2006

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PREAMBLE

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” This famous first sentence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted almost sixty years ago by the General Assembly of the United Nations, still contains in a nutshell our political agenda, as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, transitioned and intersexual persons.

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“III.W.8 DECLARATION OF MONTREAL ON LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER HUMAN RIGHTS”, in: International Law & World Order: Weston's & Carlson's Basic Documents, Weston & Carlson. Consulted online on 30 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2211-4394_rwilwo_SIM_032310>
First published online: 2015
First print edition: 20150929



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