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Disability Participation and Empowerment in the Context of Climate Action: A Human Rights Obligation
21 Jul 2023, 12:18 pm
By building upon the work of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD/C/GC/7), the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (A/HRC/31/62) and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/44/30, and A/HRC/46/46), certain implementation parameters can be identified that form part of the scope of the State obligation to ensure the full, meaningful, and informed disability… [read post]
6 Dec 2023, 2:07 pm
In addition to this, the report highlighted the government’s failure to implement a UN Committee’s recommendations on how to combat the “grave or systematic violations” of disabled people’s rights in the UK. [read post]
26 Jul 2023, 10:32 am
Here, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has a critical role to play. [read post]
6 Dec 2021, 7:54 am
Tom Kean and Holly Schepisi’s legislation that would increase awareness of employment opportunities for people with disabilities was advanced by the Senate Labor Committee. [read post]
23 Aug 2022, 2:40 am
It was developed using feedback from the Air Carrier Access Act Advisory Committee, which includes representatives of passengers with disabilities, national disability organizations, air carriers, airport operators, contractor service providers, aircraft manufacturers, wheelchair manufacturers, and a national veterans organization representing disabled veterans. The Bill of Rights provides a convenient, easy-to-use summary of existing laws governing… [read post]
8 Aug 2023, 8:58 am
Legal scholars Penelope and Michael Stein recommend researchers ought to strengthen and use disability data; collaborate with people with disabilities; and support strategic litigation and disability-inclusive climate action. [read post]
8 Aug 2016, 9:06 am
Last month, legislation seeking to reduce private litigation under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), regarding accessibility barriers for disabled citizens in public accommodations, passed the House Judiciary Committee by a vote of 15 to 6. [read post]
14 Jul 2022, 6:04 am
” The End of an Accessible Era at the Human Rights Committee? [read post]
17 Jul 2018, 8:00 am
DFID’s Approach to Disability in Development: A Rapid Review (Independent Commission for Aid Impact, May 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]"Disability and Asylum: 3 Key Measures the Global Compact for Migration Should Commit to," Migration News Sheet, 9 March 2018 [text]"'Don’t forget about us': Attitudes Towards the Inclusion of Refugee Children with(out) Disabilities," International Journal of Inclusive Education, Latest Articles, 20… [read post]
29 Sep 2022, 10:02 am
Wouter Vandenhole, The Committee on the Rights of the Child—Size Matters Sometimes, Somewhat: A Comment Caroline Lichuma & Damjan Tatic, Human Rights Experimentalism in Action: The Potential of National Human Rights Institutions in Enhancing the Implementation and Monitoring of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Robert Uerpmann-Wittzack, The Committee on the Rights of Persons with… [read post]
7 Sep 2017, 7:08 am
Businesses have had more than enough “notification” to comply with disability rights law. [read post]
5 Apr 2013, 1:16 pm
Human Rights Network ICCPR Task Force, which facilitates both NGO participation in this important treaty body review process and advocacy before the Human Rights Committee. [read post]
3 Aug 2017, 1:26 pm
No arbitration rights Two different LTD claims. [read post]
26 May 2023, 5:50 am
Action by the U.N. [read post]
25 Apr 2013, 4:29 pm
Right now most of the appeal process is focused on ethics committees in hospitals that have them. [read post]
15 Apr 2013, 6:52 am
Nothing could possibly go wrong with proliferating that technology, right? [read post]
22 Mar 2018, 6:00 am
CIHC and IIHA Advocate for Older Persons’ Rights in Crisis at the United Nations (IIHA Blog, Feb. 2018) [text]- Discusses "Humanitarian Action for Older Persons: Fifteen Years After Madrid," a side event of the 56th Session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development.Disability and Unsafe Migration: Data and Policy, Understanding the Evidence, Data Briefing Series, no. 7 (IOM Global Migration Data Analysis Centre, Dec. 2016) [text]"Health Needs of… [read post]
25 Jun 2007, 5:15 am
Their have recently been several notable court cases where the actions of the league disability committee charged with determining the eligibility for disability benefits have been severely criticized. [read post]
It’s Time to Make Sure Our Kids Are No Longer Bound, Shackled, or Locked Away When They’re at School
27 Feb 2019, 7:30 am
Similar reports from the National Disability Rights Network highlighted the harms of restraint and seclusion and urged the federal government and Congress to take action. [read post]
15 Feb 2013, 9:10 pm
In this context, 20 disability rights groups wrote to the Ministers of Culture, HRD and Social Welfare requesting the Government to take action in removing the barriers PWDs face in accessing public library facilities and collections. [read post]
