Number Year Month/Dates Location Theme 1 (I) 1951 September 21 Rome, Italy (no theme) 2 (II) 1955 Zagreb, Yugoslavia (no theme) 3 (III) 1959 August 22–26 Wiesbaden, Federal Republic of Germany (no theme) 4 (IV) 1963 August 17–21 Stockholm, Sweden (no theme) 5 (V) 1967 August 10–17 Warsaw, Poland The Deaf Among Hearing Persons 6 (VI) 1971 July 31 - August 5 Paris, France The Deaf Person in the World in Evolution 7 (VII) 1975 July 31 - August 8 Washington, D.C., United States of America Full Citizenship for All Deaf People 8 (VIII) 1979 Varna, Bulgaria The Deaf People in Modern Society 9 (IX) 1983 Palermo, Italy Deafness Today & Tomorrow: Reality & Utopia 10 (X) 1987 July 20–28 Espoo (Helsinki), Finland One World - One Responsibility 11 (XI) 1991 July Tokyo, Japan Equality and Self-Reliance 12 (XII) 1995 July 6–15 Vienna, Austria Towards Human Rights 13 (XIII) 1999 July 25–31 Brisbane, Australia Diversity and Unity 14 (XIV) 2003 July 18–26 Montréal, Canada Opportunities and Challenges in the 21st Century[1] 15 (XV) 2007 July 16–22 Madrid, Spain Human Rights through Sign Languages[2] 16 (XVI) 2011 July 18–24 Durban, South Africa Global Deaf Renaissance[3] 17 (XVII) 2015 July 28 - August 1 Istanbul, Turkey Strengthening Human Diversity[4] 18 (XVIII) 2019 July 23 - 27 Paris, France Sign Language Rights for All[5]