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 Delano ë, 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)
21. Monica De Coninck, City of Antwerp (Belgium), Designate Alderwoman on Social and Diversity Issues
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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
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."
