Malta declaration (International Intersex Forum)

The event was supported by the ILGA and ILGA-Europe and brought together 34 people representing 30 organisations from multiple regions of the world.

For the first time, participants made a statement on birth registrations, in addition to other human rights issues:[3][4][5] The forum called on: The Forum was organized by ILGA Europe's Silvan Agius and Ruth Baldacchino, and three intersex activists selected from an open call application process managed by ILGA Europe: Mauro Cabral, of Argentina, Mani Bruce Mitchell, of New Zealand, and Hida Viloria of Intersex Campaign for Equality.

[6] Attending participants included Sean Saifa Wall and Pidgeon Pagonis for AIC (now interACT),[7] Morgan Carpenter and Tony Briffa from Organisation Intersex International Australia,[8] Intersex Austria[9] Holly Greenberry from Intersex UK,[10][11] Miriam van der Have and Inge Intven of Nederlandse Netwerk Intersekse/DSD (NNID),[12] and representatives of Zwischengeschlecht,[13] and IVIM/OII Deutschland[14] The declaration has been cited by numerous human rights institutions around the world,[15] including intersex human rights papers published by the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights,[16] and the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions,[17] and by organizations allying themselves with the intersex human rights movement.

[18] In 2015, Malta adopted world-first legislation to protect intersex infants and children from non-consensual medical interventions.

[19][20][21][22] In March 2017, the Malta declaration was acknowledged by a consensus "Darlington Statement", published by Australian and New Zealand intersex community organizations and others.