| 29.08.2011 |
Montenegro 
Milestone international
conference on rights of sexual minorities
Senior state
officials, members of the diplomatic corps,
prominent international experts, scholars and human
rights advocates from throughout Europe, the United
States and Canada will meet in Danilovgrad,
Montenegro from 2-5 September for the international
conference on the rights of sexual minorities and
European integration, entitled “Toward Europe,
Toward Equality”. The conference is organised by the
Government of Montenegro, in cooperation with the
International Academic Conference Justice in the
Balkans: Equality for Sexual Minorities, The
Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law in the
United States, the Lund University Department of
Sociology of Law in Lund, Sweden, and the European
Commission on Sexual Orientation Law (ECSOL).
Financial support is provided by the Royal
Netherlands Embassy in Belgrade.
In their
welcome letters to conference participants,
prominent international experts and scholars
specialising in LGBT rights welcomed the conference
as a historic event, the first of its kind ever
organised by a state government in the Balkans.
The event will seek to address the following
government policy goals:
- Promote the fight against discrimination and the
protection of human rights.
- Create a forum of understanding of the importance
of Pride parades to the LGBT community and how such
a parade could be successfully organised in
Montenegro.
- Provide training in LGBT rights and LGBT
sensitivity to judges, prosecutors and law
enforcement officials.
- Create public awareness and dialogue about LGBT
issues.
The conference will take place at the Regional
School of Public Administration (ReSPA) in
Danilovgrad.
For more details on the conference, including the
agenda and participant registration, please visit
the conference web page at:
www.gov.me. 
Programme
ECSOL-Greeting Message
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