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June 2010

167 young people raise their voices against discrimination in the EU-LAC region

Last weekend, 167 representatives of youth organisations from the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean (EU-LAC) met in the in the 1st EU-LAC Youth Summit organized in the Spanish city of Fuenlabrada, near Madrid. The final Declaration has now been published, and IGLYO embraces the framework, and regards it as a milestone for pro active work against discrimination in the EU and beyond.

More information about the 1st EU-LAC Youth Summit is available here (http://www.cumbrejovenuealc.org/en/)

The whole text of the 1st EU-LAC Youth Declaration is available here (http://www.youthforum.org/images/stories/EULACconclusions.pdf)

This Declaration was the main objective of this Youth Summit and it will be presented to the Head of States and Government meeting in Madrid on the 18th May during the 6th EU-LAC Summit. This text aims to become the reference framework for interregional youth cooperation and urges the governments to take into consideration the valuable contribution that young people and youth organisations can give to the cooperation.

The adopted Declaration claims for the establishment of International Conventions on the rights of youth in those regions and points out current concerns of young people in the EU-LAC region in different fields.
On the grounds of equality, the participants call to create and implement a legal framework against discrimination that guarantees equal rights in the three regions and penalizes discrimination based on gender identity, age, race, ethnicity, migration, religion or belief, disability, sexual orientation and ensures full exercise of rights such as employment, goods and services, social and civil rights and education. They also propose to implement a global financial transaction tax and to ensure that any international financial agreements are based on the principle of self determination of countries and respect for human rights.

IGLYO was present in this Summit in order to represent the interests of their members and to ensure the presence of LGBTQ issues in the international agenda and welcomes the final text.
Luis Moreira, Secretary of IGLYO said: “This is a very positive Declaration for Youth’s Right in the EU-LAC region.

We especially welcome the outcomes of the Equality Working group where young people from the 3 regions claimed for a strong legal framework monitoring all forms of discrimination in all spheres of life. We hope it will give positive energy for supporting the Anti Discrimination Directive, currently being discussed in the European Union, and will inspire national governments in the LAC region to introduce similar legislations in their countries”

For more information please contact
Luis Moreira at luis@iglyo.com