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10 Sep 2012, 10:57 am by Eilionoir Flynn
It should be noted that following ratification of the CRPD, a number of countries are undergoing a process of Constitutional reform, and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the treaty monitoring body for the Convention) has made explicit the need to involve persons with disabilities and their representative organizations in the drafting of any new Constitutions. [read post]
29 Oct 2017, 4:39 pm by Mary Dahdouh
Only one woman sits on each of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the appellate body of the World Trade Organization, and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [read post]
18 Jan 2024, 6:09 am by The Petrie-Flom Center Staff
” Without adequate guidance for how to comply with human rights in the context of public health emergencies, the authors therefore noted that States commonly “exceeded permissible derogations from the ICCPR” and faced “little accountability for their actions whether on domestic or international levels. [read post]
19 May 2022, 1:18 am by Chijioke Okorie
Last month, Katfriends Desmond Oriakhogba and Dick Kawooya provided a highlight of the key portions of the Work Program on Limitations and Exceptions (L&Es) proposed by the Africa Group to WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (WIPO-SCCR). [read post]
22 Jun 2010, 5:00 am by Adam Wagner
Disability Living Allowance will be restricted by a new medical check from 2013. [read post]
13 Aug 2012, 3:05 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  The Justice Department action against Baltimore County is part of the Obama Administration’s sweeping effort to enforce employment and other disability discrimination laws against businesses and state and local government agencies alike. [read post]
17 Feb 2009, 6:54 am by Communications and Public Affairs
  However, Zambia has not ratified treaties protecting the rights of migrant workers and the rights of the disabled. [read post]
23 Dec 2011, 8:56 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
These regulatory, audit, enforcement and other actions show that private businesses and state and local government agencies alike should exercise special care to prepare to defend their employment and other business practices  against potential disability or other Civil Rights discrimination challenges on a broad range of fronts. [read post]
4 May 2017, 6:00 am by Yosie Saint-Cyr
Allowing persons with disabilities to be invited to participate on the Accessibility Advisory Board as non-voting members depending on the standard being developed and will participate on relevant Standard Development Committees. [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 2:44 am by Charon QC
  See The Guardian 15th June 2012 – “Anorexic woman should be fed against her wishes, judge rules” – and listen to Dr Tony Calland of the British Medical Association Ethics Committee. [read post]
7 Aug 2020, 7:47 pm
  OEIGWG CHAIRMANSHIP SECOND REVISED DRAFT 06.08.2020 LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENT TO REGULATE, IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, THE ACTIVITIES OF TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTERPRISES Preamble The State Parties to this (Legally Binding Instrument),Reaffirming the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations; Recalling the nine core International Human Rights Instruments adopted by the United Nations, and the eight fundamental… [read post]
1 May 2014, 7:35 am
It also sees the parallels between the protection of disability and that of gender identity [112]. [read post]
31 Jan 2021, 10:30 pm by Mitra Sharafi
A focus on environmental justice, anticolonialism, and global human rights would be welcome. [read post]
25 Feb 2013, 8:28 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Management needs to recognize the likely need to defend medical inquiries, decisions to refuse accommodation requests or other similar actions that arise when dealing with employees taking or returning from medical leave due to a disability, illness or injury. [read post]
21 May 2012, 3:53 am by Mandelman
  The problem is, and I realized this yesterday… I WAS RIGHT… AM RIGHT. [read post]