Who already signed ILGA-Europe's appeal?

Here you will find a list of confirmed signatories to our appeal and individual message of support.

European Mayors:

1. Bertrand Delanoë, Mayor of Paris and co-President of CGLU (United Cities & Local Governments

2. Eleni Mavrou, Mayor of Nicosia (Cyprus)

3. Job Cohen, Mayor of Amsterdam (Netherlands)

4. Ernst Wohlwend, Mayor of Winterthur (Switzerland)

5. Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London (UK)

6. Annika Billström,Mayor of Stockholm (Sweden)

7. Fritz Schramma, Mayor of Cologne (Germany)

8. Jordi Hereu, Mayor of Barcelona (Spain)

9. Massimo Cacciari, Mayor of Venice (Italy)

10. Dr Michael Häupl, Mayor of Vienna (Austria)

11. Sergio Cofferati, Mayor of Bologna (Italy)

12. Cllr Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council (UK)

13. Ritt Bjerregaard, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen (Denmark)

14. Gábor Demszky, Mayor of Budapest (Hungary)

15. Zoran Janković, Mayor of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

16. Elmar Ledergerber, Mayor of Zürich (Switzerland)

17. Klaus Wowereit, Mayor of Berlin (Germany)

18. Cllr. Paddy Bourke P.C, Lord Mayor of Dublin (Ireland)

19. Paul Helminger, Mayor of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

20. Erling Lae, Mayor of Oslo (Norway)

and

21. Monica Macovei, Human Rights Lawyer, former Minister of Justice of Romania

22. Mary Lawlor, Director, Front Line - the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

26/11/2007

Message by Zoran Janković, Mayor of Ljubljana

Message by Eleni Mavrou, Mayor of Nicosia

Message by Job Cohen, Mayor of Amsterdam

Message by Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London

Message by Massimo Cacciari, Mayor of Venice

Message from Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council

Message by Ritt Bjerregaard, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen

05/07/2007

Message by Gábor Demszky, Mayor of Budapest

Message by Mary Lawlor, Director of Front Line - the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

"The capacity to love is part of what makes us human, and the human must be at the very core of human rights. Those who seek to control our freedom to love who we want, deny the human in all of us."