Welcome to the Montreal Declaration on intellectual disabilities website.

This Declaration was adopted during the Montreal Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) and World Health Organisation (WHO) Conference on intellectual disability organized by the West Montreal and Lisette-Dupras Readaptation Centres in association with the Montreal WHO/PAHO Collaborating Centre for consultation and research in mental health. This conference brought together for two days (5-6 October 2004) 65 participants and representatives from 17 countries, namely from the Americas , to debate of the importance of the respect of fundamental rights of persons with an intellectual disability. The outcome, the Montreal Declaration on intellectual disabilities , hopes to guide international organizations, as well as civil and public authorities, in their attempts to ensure full and complete citizenship to persons with an intellectual disability.

On this web site, you will find the Montreal Declaration on intellectual disabilities that was signed on October 6 th 2004 by all the conference participants, a summary of the conference activities, as well as its participants and many other documents emanating from the conference and its soirees (novative experiences compendium, speeches, photos and videos, etc.) . Also, the What's new? Section will allow you to find out about the latest developments regarding the dissemination and impact of the Montreal Declaration on intellectual disabilities.