Latest Updates and Alerts
Business Says Yes to CRPD!
Thank you to everyone who attended last week's policy briefing in the Senate: The Impact of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on Global Commerce and the International Accessibility Eco-System. The briefing was a tremendous success with over 200 attendees! We would like to share with you some photos and key statements - please share with others who may not have been able to attend! Please also take a moment to support U.S. ratification efforts for the treaty by taking action below:
What can YOU do to help pass the disability treaty?
To learn more about the treaty visit www.disabilitytreaty.org! Contact your Senators (you can find them at senate.gov) to let them know that you support the CRPD!
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| Axel Leblois (G3ict) with Tony Coelho |
Tony Coelho, former U.S. Congressman and primary author and sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act: "The CRPD is a blueprint of the globalization of the ADA... The U.S. contributed to CRPD legal definitions such as reasonable accommodation to the whole world. Today 57% of over 125 CRPD ratifying countries have incorporated a definition of reasonable accommodation in their legislation. Just three or four had a definition only 10 years ago. That's tremendous leadership on our part that we have done that. We now need to do it in our participation in the treaty."
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| Audience fills CRPD Business/Tech briefing in U.S. Senate |
Frances West, IBM, Director of Human Ability & Accessibility Center: "Right now the United States actually holds the leadership position in terms of technology for accessibility. And I can tell you that since the convention in 2006, for the countries that have signed or ratified, especially in the emerging countries, many of them are actually aggressively trying to vie for that leadership position...IBM [is] a global company, [that operates] in 170 plus countries, with close to 500,000 employees worldwide. And we generate about 100 plus billion dollar revenue a year. As a global company, we try to really look at areas and places where we can add significant value, which, of course, in the business world translates into profit and revenue opportunities. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities when it was passing, from the very beginning, we saw this as an opportunity to really further the objectives of business such as IBM."
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| Young disability advocates attend CRPD Business/Tech briefing |
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Attendee uses U.S. innovation to participate in CRPD Business/Tech briefing |
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| Deaf Ugandan Advocate attends briefing of American business leaders discussing why U.S. should ratify the disability treaty |
"I think what is one of the greatest fears that we have is that if accessibility is required or implemented the requirements for accessibility mean that we have to do it differently in different countries and that we have to address accessibility in the U.S. in one way and in Japan or Australia or India in another way entirely. This is where there's really very important work that the CRPD can help us with... Accessibility is a part of our products that we need to support. And if we need to do it differently, then we run the risk of a company like Adobe saying, ok, we're not going to worry about a small country that has different accessibility requirements because it's not a large market. That may mean there's fewer jobs at Adobe doing work on a particular product. It may present a great opportunity for another country where there's a tool that is focused on their own specialized accessibility standards...
David Dikter, CEO of the Assistive Technology Industry Association:
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| Newly blind founder of My Blind Spot, Albert J. Rizzi, participates in CRPD Tech/Business briefing Q&A |
Their mission is really to change lives in a very dramatic way.Without their technologies, students may not have access to education.Leaders may not exist...[The] power of the CRPD is quite dramatic.Today there's a cohort of countries that have signed on and ratified CRPD.The United States has not... The United States has a great model that we've been evolving and developing over a long term.We need to be part of that conversation.We need to be part of the cohort of countries that have signed on so that we can share more formally what we have done in this country...They're folks who have a wife, child, grandparent or parent who has a disability who actually started this world with Assistive Technology.
This event was hosted by the following partners, in conjunction with information technology industry participants in the M-Enabling Summit:
The CRPD and U.S. Ratification
Progress toward U.S. Ratification
After a sad defeat in the Senate last December the disability community, composed of over 500 leading disability organizations from around the country, is determined to see the CRPD ratified in 2013! The outpouring of media support for the treaty in addition to the committment of senators to reconsider their "no" votes this term has reinvigorated our efforts.
Check out our New Materials for Advocates and the avalanche of Media outrage in December surrounding the treaty's failure.
Disability and civil rights leaders, parents of children with disabilities, and self-advocates are gathering in their states now to urge their senators' support for the disability treaty this year. USICD is working with the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund and over 500 disability organizations to support these meetings. Contact Esme Grant at egrant@usicd.org for information on reaching out to your senators, educating your local community on the treaty, and other ways to get involved!
USICD Executive Director's Statement on CRPD at NCD
On Tuesday, April 23, USICD Executive Director David Morrissey presented public comment at a hearing for the National Council on Disability (NCD) about how they should engage with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. NCD is an independent federal agency charged with advising the President, Congress, and other federal agencies regarding policies, programs, practices, and procedures that affect people with disabilities. Morrissey requested that NCD help to combat the campaign of misinformation about the treaty and provide education on why the treaty is important to the American disability community. He also shared quotes from disability leaders abroad who emphasized the need for U.S. ratification:
By ratifying the CRPD, the United States can share the American experience of protecting and promoting disability rights with the world. Our influence is sorely needed. The world’s people with disabilities look to the United States on this issue. Hear these voices calling for U.S. ratification:
From Mongolia: “Many countries see US action in human rights as an example. We, persons with disabilities, always take examples from the United States. If the US ratifies the CRPD that will have a huge impact in other countries and will facilitate our advocacy.” Ya.Avirmed, Aivuun NGO for Persons with Disabilities, Ulaanbaatar city, Mongolia
From Trinidad: “US disability rights laws are the standard bearer and the fact that the United States Senate is taking steps to ratify the CRPD is further evidence of the importance of this treaty.” Debbie McKell, Trinidad and Tobago Paralympic Committee
The Boston Globe Explores the Lessons Learned from the CRPD Failure
A lesson for Bob Dole: old rules no longer apply
A disability treaty with broad support seemed like a sure thing to the ex-Senate stalwart. But his own party had other ideas
By Michael Kranish
March 24, 2013
Third in a series
WASHINGTON — It had been 16 years since Bob Dole stepped down as Senate Republican leader, ending a legislative career in which he earned a reputation as a master of bipartisanship. Yet there he was at the end of 2012, trying to close a deal.
Dole was 89 years old, just out of the hospital, working the phones to win senators’ support. Then, in a dramatic effort, he rolled in his wheelchair onto the Senate floor, all but daring senators to vote against him and, by proxy, anyone with a disability.
It was a moment Dole had long awaited. He had brought the parties together to pass his greatest piece of legislation, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which required the retrofitting of buildings and sidewalks and provided an array of other rights.
Now he wanted the Senate to approve an international treaty that would spur other nations to pass their version of the law, making the United States a role model to help tens of millions of people around the world.
Do it for Dole, supporters urged.
Calls for Ratification and Current News Stories
Don't Miss Handicap International's New Website!
June 5, 2013
Armless Pilot Jessica Cox Visits Capitol Hill to Advocate for CRPD
June 3, 2013
Source: Handicap International
Op-Ed on CRPD: Measure won't infringe on rights
May 21, 2013
Source: The Tennessean
United Spinal to Honor U.S. Senator John McCain For His Commitment to Strengthen Disability Rights
May 16, 2013
Source: United Spinal Association
The Word on Women - U.S. Failure to Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
April 19, 2013
Source: TrustLaw
Senator Menendez CRPD Statements at SFRC Hearing
April 18, 2013
Source: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Harkin on CRPD at Appropriations Hearing
April 18, 2013
Source: Senate Committee on Appropriations
Rachel Maddow Reiterates GOP Mistep with CRPD
April 4, 2013
Source: The Rachel Maddow Shoe MSNBC
A lesson for Bob Dole: old rules no longer apply
March 24, 2013
Source: The Boston Globe
International Society for Prosthetics and Orthopedics Declares Support for CRPD
January 22, 2013
Source: International Soceity for Prosthetics and Orthotics
THEY DID WHAT?
January 10, 2013
Source: Able News
LETTERS: Readers angry at Republican rejection of treaty to protect disabled individuals
January 8, 2013
Source: Waco Tribune
Tell the Senate that Equal Rights for People with Disabilities is a Priority
December 26, 2012
Source: Anti Defamation League
Sailing Away to Irrelevance, Epilogue: In Which the GOP is Finally and Inevitably Made Irrelevant
December 20, 2012
Source: The League of Ordinary Gentlemen
Was Johnson listening to debate over treaty?
December 19, 2012
Source: Journal Sentinel
Johnson's view misinformed (3rd Piece on Page)
December 19, 2012
Source: Journal Sentinel
Senate’s failure to pass U.N. Convention a travest
December 19, 2012
Source: Morris Daily Herald
Jeopardizing sanit
December 19, 2012
Source: Atkin Age
Next time, US Senate should ratify UN disabilities treaty
December 19, 2012
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
U.S. Senate defeats ratification of The United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
December 19, 2012
Source: Observer Dispatch
Shame on Senators who didn’t vote for disability treaty
December 19, 2012
GOP votes against people with disabilities
December 18, 2012
Source: Seacoast Online
Where Human Rights Treaties Go To Die
December 18, 2012
Source: The Jewish Daily Forward
Portman’s vote hurt disabled
December 17, 2012
Source: Toledo Blade
RICHARD HERMANN: How low can they go?
December 17, 2012
Source: Messenger Post
A U.N. treaty on disabilities and the ghost of Henry Cabot Lodge
December 17, 2012
Source: Tampa Bay Times
Bob Schieffer Commentary on CRPD
December 16, 2012
Source: Face The Nation
What Others Say: GOP senators embarrass selves with disabilities vote
December 16, 2012
Source: Onnline Athens
Republicans in panic
December 16, 2012
Source: Paragould Daily Press
Our national failure to commit
December 16, 2012
Source: The Vindicator
How The Disabilities Treaty Senate Debacle Caught the Media’s Attention
December 14, 2012
Source: UN Dispatch
Why Ratifying Human Rights Treaties Matters for the United States
December 14, 2012
Source: Single Pixel Planes
Defeat of treaty on disabled was a sad moment for Senate
December 14, 2012
Source: Vindy.com
GOP ignores disabled
December 14, 2012
Source: The Olympian
Unfounded treaty fears
December 14, 2012
Source: the Salt Lake City Tribune
Vote against treaty bad for disabled folks
December 14, 2012
Source: The Columbus Dispatch
Disabled advocates hope Senate will again take up UN disability treaty
December 13, 2012
Source: The Times Picayune Greater New Orleans
Columnist Karen Rubin: Right wingers wrong on disabilities
December 13, 2012
Source: The Island Now
Our sadly dysfunctional Senate
December 13, 2012
Source: News Review. com
Stepping Down from the Stage: A New Horizon of Global Politics?
December 13, 2012
Source: Global Policy Journal
FOX News Talk with Tom Anderson Discusses CRPD with John Wodatch
December 13, 2012
Source: FOX News Talk
US: What a Senate Vote for Disabilities Treaty Would Really Mean
December 12, 2012
Source: Human Rights Watch
Senate vote was injustice to disabled
December 12, 2012
Source: Omaha.com
Tom Zirpoli: GOP vote a national embarassment
December 12, 2012
Source: Carroll County Times
No to disabilities
December 12, 2012
Source: Brainerd Dispatch
Treaty on Disabled: New GOP Loses Out To Old
December 12, 2012
Source: New Chief
Cambodia Becomes 125th Nation to Ratify the CRPD
December 12, 2012
Source: UN Enable
Anderson Cooper 360 Keeping Them Honest Asks the Opposition for their Facts
December 11, 2012
Source: CNN
Anderson Cooper takes on the CRPD's Biggest Opponent, Michael Farris
December 11, 2012
Source: CNN
The Institute for Policy and Governance Blog on Defeat ofCRPD
December 11, 2012
Source: Virginia Tech
Down Syndrome Daily's Comprehensive CRPD Ratification Media Log
December 11, 2012
Source: Down Syndrome Daily
Editorial: Disabled Senate rejects U.N. rights treaty
December 11, 2012
Source: USA Today
Morning Joe Covers Senate Failure on CRPD
December 11, 2012
Source: MSNBC
What’s with the GOP’s absurd fear of all things U.N.?
December 11, 2012
Source: Washington Post Opinions
What were they thinking?
December 11, 2012
Source: Aiken Standard
Johanns mean-spirited
December 11, 2012
Source: Journal Star
AUCD Legislative News Brief on Defeat of CRPD
December 10, 2012
Source: Association of University Centers on Disabilities
Ironic Thanks to Sen. Toomey for Voting Agains the CRPD
December 10, 2012
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
U.S. Embarassed
December 10, 2012
Source: Tribune-Review (PA)
Georgia Advocacy Office Shares NDRN's Statment of Failure on CRPD
December 10, 2012
Source: Georgia Advocacy Office
Rejection of treaty shames nation
December 10, 2012
Source: The Columbus Dispatch
RESNA Statement Reacts to CRPD Failure
December 10, 2012
Source: Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America
How the Senate Failed U.S. Businesses (and Bob Dole)
December 10, 2012
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
Local View (Nebraska): Why treaty on rights of disabled matters
December 9, 2012
Source: Journal Star
Tea Party scare tactics doom disabled treaty in Senate
December 9, 2012
Source: The Boston Globe
Republicans turn their backs on disabled citizens
December 9, 2012
Source: Digital Journal
Anderson Cooper Grills Sen. Mike Lee on Oppositions Arguments
December 8, 2012
Source: CNN
Senate vote on UN disability convention shows pitiful state of US politics
December 8, 2012
Source: The Telegraph (UK)
Autism Blog on the CRPD Loss
December 8, 2012
Source: Left Brain Right Brain
CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 - Sad Day For People with Disabilites
December 7, 2012
Source: CNN
Gallaudet's President Respons to Failure of the CRPD in Senate
December 7, 2012
Source: Gallaudet University
Anderson Cooper Article
December 7, 2012
Source: CNN
Sen. Kerry Dispells CRPD Objections
December 7, 2012
Source: John Kerry
USICD Board Member Eric Rosenthal Defending CRPD on Al Jazeera
December 7, 2012
Source: Al Jazeera
Anderson Cooper's Keeping Them Honest
December 7, 2012
Source: CNN
Vermont Center for Independent Living Decries Senate Vote on CRPD
December 7, 2012
Source: VT Digger
Sen. Portman of Ohio Says He May Change His Vote
December 7, 2012
Source: WKSU
An irrational vote against disability treaty
December 7, 2012
Source: The Kansas City Star
Republicans fall into another trap
December 7, 2012
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Senate Rejection of Disabilities Treaty Shows GOP Descent Into Irrationality
December 7, 2012
Source: The Progressive
Why the Right Killed Disabled Treaty
December 7, 2012
Source: ConsortiumNes.com
Parsing Republican paranoia on the disability treaty
December 7, 2012
Source: Los Angeles Times
Republicans Block Disability Rights -- Which Would Not Cost a Nickel
December 7, 2012
Source: Huffington Post
Shame! 38 Republican Senators Vote 'No' on the UN Treaty Banning Discrimination Against People With Disabilities
December 7, 2012
Source: The Huffington Post
Senate Republicans’ profiles in moral cowardice
December 7, 2012
Source: The Washington Post
ADL, Jewish Federations regret failure to ratify disabilities treaty
December 7, 2012
Source: JTA
Senate unable to ratify world disability treaty
December 7, 2012
Source: Philly.com
What a Senate vote for Disabilities Treaty would really mean
December 7, 2012
Source: The Hill
DeMint Opposed Disabilities Treaty Because The U.N. Wants Palestine To Be A State
December 7, 2012
Source: Think Progress
US: Senate Misses Opportunity on Disability Convention
December 7, 2012
Source: Huffington Post World
Human Rights Watch Blog
Access Living Expresses Disappointment on CRPD Failure
December 6, 2012
Source: Access Living
ADAPT responds to the Senate failure to ratify the CRPD
December 6, 2012
Source: ADAPT
DREDF Deeply Disappointed by US Senate Opposition to Global Disability Rights Treaty
December 6, 2012
Source: Rolling Rains Report
Handicap International Laments U.S. Senate's Failure to Pass the CRPD
December 6, 2012
Source: PRWeb
Senator Ayotte Votes to Ratify Disabilities Treaty
December 6, 2012
Source: Kelly Ayotte
Harkin: Senate Failure to Ratify CRPD “Shameful”
December 6, 2012
Source: Tom Harkin
John Stewart on CRPD Failure - Please Tell Me This Is Rock Bottom
December 6, 2012
Source: Business Insider
Stephen Colbert Rails at CRPD Failure
December 6, 2012
Source: The Colbert Report
Minute 11:44
Leadership Conference Condems CRPD Failure as "Irrational and Outrageous"
December 6, 2012
Source: The Leadership Conference
Statement by the Press Secretary on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
December 6, 2012
Source: The White House
United Spinal Statement: Senate Vote on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Treaty
December 6, 2012
Source: PR Newswire
NCIL Gathers Some CRPD Media Coverage
December 6, 2012
Source: The Advocacy Monitor
Includes Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Connell, Morning Joe
CEC Statement After Failure of CRPD
December 6, 2012
Source: Council for Exceptional Children
Special Olympics Reacts to Failure of CRPD
December 6, 2012
Source: The World of Special Olympics
NOD Reacts to Senat's Failure on CRPD
December 6, 2012
Source: National Organization on Disability
MIUSA Statement on CRPD Loss
December 6, 2012
Source: Mobility International USA
Quaker Lobby reacts to CRPD
December 6, 2012
Source: The Friends Committee on National Legislation
Kerry: Failure to Pass Disabilities Treaty is Evidence of a Broken Senate
December 6, 2012
Source: John Kerry
United Spinal Association Asks Members to Respond to CRPD Failure
December 6, 2012
Source: United Spinal Association
Huffington Post Reports on CRPD
December 6, 2012
Source: The Huffington Post
Senate rebuffs Dole's appeal for passage of UN disability treaty
December 6, 2012
Source: The Bellingham Herald
Rachel Maddow's Blog on Failure of CRPD
December 6, 2012
Source: The Maddow Blog
Senator Harkin Minutes Afterthe No Vote
December 6, 2012
Source: NCIL
Granite State Independent Living Advocacy Alert
December 6, 2012
Source: Granite State Independent Living
NCD Statement on Failure of CRPD in Senate
December 6, 2012
Source: National Council on Disabilities
Rachel Maddow on CRPD Failure
December 6, 2012
Source: The Maddow Show
The Ed Show Analyses the CRPD Failure
December 6, 2012
Source: The Ed Show
The Last Word on CRPD Failure - A Day of Shame
December 6, 2012
Source: MSNBC
NPR Morning Eddition on CRPD Failure
December 6, 2012
Source: National Public Radio
Pacifica Radio on CRPD Failure
December 6, 2012
Go to Minute 49:00
Chris Mathews on Hardball on CRPD
December 6, 2012
Source: MSNBC Hardball
Boston.com on CRPD Senate Failure
December 6, 2012
Source: The Boston Globe
Kansas City Star on Senate CRPD Failure
December 6, 2012
Source: ArcaMax
Disability Law Blog on CRPD in Senate
December 6, 2012
Source: Disability Law
John Hockenberry on CRPD Opposition
December 6, 2012
Source: The Take Away
UK's The Gaurdian Reacts to US Senate Failing the CRPD
December 6, 2012
Source: The Guardian
Foreign Policy Bloge on the Failure of the Senate on CRPD
December 6, 2012
Source: Foreign Policy.com
CBS News on CRPD Failure
December 6, 2012
Source: CBS News
Editorial: Disabled Senate rejects U.N. rights treaty
December 6, 2012
Source: USA Today
US rejects UN disabilities treaty
December 5, 2012
Source: RT America
Senator Harkin Expresses Deep Disappointment in Senate's Failure to Ratify the CRPD
December 5, 2012
IFES Statement on the Defeat of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the U.S. Senate
December 5, 2012
Source: IFES
U.S. Senate's Rejection of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is "Appalling"
December 4, 2012
Source: Amnesty International
ACLU Disappointed With Senate’s Failure to Ratify Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
December 4, 2012
Source: ACLU
Senate Fails to Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
December 4, 2012
Source: AAPD
Statement from PHI's Mary A. Pittman on the US Senate's Failure on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
December 4, 2012
Source: Public Health Institute
Paralyzed Veterans of America Deeply Disappointed in Senate Failure to Ratify Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities
December 4, 2012
Source: Paralyzed Veterans of America
The Arc Reacts to the U.S. Senate’s Defeat of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
December 4, 2012
Source: The Arc
Senate Rejects UN Disabilities Treaty
December 4, 2012
Source: NEWSY
A Yea on Disabilities
December 3, 2012
The Washington Post endorses US ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Not Dead Yet Throws Support to CRPD
December 3, 2012
Source: Not Dead Yet
24 Hours to Decide
December 3, 2012
Senator Kerry explains why he believes the US Senate should vote to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) tomorrow Tuesday at noon.
24 Hours to Decide - Kerry in Huffington
December 3, 2012
Source: Huffington Post
Women's Refugee Commission Asks People to Take Action to Support CRPD, Call Senators
December 3, 2012
Women's Refugee Commission puts out action alert of Senate vote on Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities scheduled for tomorrow (December 4, 2012) at noon, asks people to contact senators.
Clay Aiken Tweets in Support of CRPD
December 3, 2012
Clay Aiken, American singer and TV personality, tweets in support of the CRPD
Human Rights Watch Tweets in Support of CRPD
December 3, 2012
Human Rights Watch tweets asking people to call upon senators to support the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
American Association of Persons with Disabilities issues Dec. 3 CRPD Action Alert
December 3, 2012
The American Association of Persons with Disabilities (AAPD) calls upon members and constituents to take action today, December 3, 2012, on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in support of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
National Council on Disabilities Recommends that US Ratify CRPD
December 3, 2012
On the 20th anniversary of the International Day on Persons with Disabilities, the National Council on Disabilities recommends that the US should ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Epilepsy Foundation issues new CRPD Action Alert Dec 3
December 3, 2012
The Epilepsy Foundation issued a new action alert Dec. 3 calling upon constituents to support the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Senator Patty Murray (D, WA) Tweets in support of CRPD
December 3, 2012
Senator Pat Murray, a Democrat for Washington State, tweeted in support of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on December 3 in honor of the International Day on Persons with Disabilities.
Senator Tom Harkin (D, Iowa) Tweets in Support of CRPD
December 3, 2012
Senator Tom Harkin, Democrat of Iowa, tweets in support of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, 2012.
US President Obama Issues a Presidential Proclamation for International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 2012
December 3, 2012
US President Barack Obama has issued a presidential proclamation in which he recognizes the 2012 International Day of Persons with Disabilities and calls upon the US Senate to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
. Time Is Now for U.S. to Support International Disability Rights by Gary Arnold, President LPA
December 3, 2012
Gary Arnold, President of Little People of America, upon the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, calls upon the US Senate to Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) when it votes the following day on December 4, 2012.
Bob Dole to confront Senate Republicans on U.N. disabilities treaty
December 3, 2012
The Foreign Policy Cable magazine has reported that former Senator Bob Dole plans to attend the December 4, 2012, US Senate vote on whether to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The publication suggests that Dole intends to confront Republicans opposed to treaty ratification.
Amnesty International Tweets Encouraging People to Support CRPD
December 3, 2012
Time Is Now for U.S. to Support International Disability Rights
December 3, 2012
Source: Huffington Post
Non Profit Quarterly Pro CRPD Article
November 30, 2012
Source: Non Profit Quarterly
ACLU Issues Letter of CRPD Support
November 29, 2012
Source: ACLU
Best Buddies Calls for Action
November 29, 2012
Source: Best Buddies
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Action Alert
November 28, 2012
Source: Baelon Center for Mental Health Law
Autistic Self Advocacy Network Action Alert
November 28, 2012
Source: ASAN
Epilepsy Foundation issues another action alert
November 28, 2012
Source: Epilepsy Foundation
The Arc Issues New Action Alert
November 28, 2012
Source: The Arc
Council for Exceptional Children Issues Action Alert
November 28, 2012
Source: CEC
Hearing Loss Association of America
November 28, 2012
Source: HLAA
RESNA Action Alert
November 28, 2012
Source: rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Society of North America
Association of University Centers on Disability Action Alert
November 28, 2012
Source: AUCD
Washington Post Piece on CRPD
November 27, 2012
Source: Washington Post
UNICEF Urges U.S. to Ratify CRPD
November 21, 2012
Source: UNICEF United States Fund
Easter Seals Calls on Memebres to tell Senate to Support CRPD
November 16, 2012
Source: Easter Seals
Paralyzed Veterans of America Calls On Members to Ratify CRPD!
November 16, 2012
Source: Paralyzed Veterans of America
Hearing Loss Association of America
November 16, 2012
Source: Hearing Loss Association of America
Sens. Kerry & Scott Brown Show Bipartisan Support for the CRPD
November 14, 2012
Source: Telegram.com
The Arc issues a CRPD Action Alert
November 12, 2012
Source: The Arc
Marley Matlin Tweets for the CRPD
November 8, 2012
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism CRPD Action Alert
November 7, 2012
Last-Minute Business: ABA Urges US Senate to Approve Ratification of Disabilities Convention
November 5, 2012
Source: ABA Journal
Attention Deficit Disorder Association Issues CRPD Action Alert!
November 5, 2012
Source: ADDA
Student Support fot CRPD Ratification
November 5, 2012
Source: DailyToreador.com
NCIL Announces New Advocacy Campaign to Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
November 2, 2012
Source: Advocacy Monitor
Epilepsy Foundation Sends Out CRPD Action Alert
October 24, 2012
Source: Epilepsy Fountation
Ted Kennedy, Jr. Calls for Support in Politico
October 12, 2012
Source: Politico
Disability Rights Network of PA Calls for Action to Support the CRPD
September 17, 2012
National Association of the Deaf Calls for Action to Support the CRPD
September 12, 2012
International Paralympic Committee puts out Booklet for Athletes on the CRPD
September 5, 2012
The Arc of North Carolina CRPD Action Alert
August 29, 2012
Source: The Arc North Carolina
American Bar Association Supports CRPD
August 27, 2012
Source: American Bar Association
activisMS Calls for Ratification
August 27, 2012
Parents of Children with Disabilities Support CRPD
August 17, 2012
Source: The Mary & Melissa Show
Senator Durbins Statement of Support for CRPD Ratification in the Congerssional Record
August 6, 2012
Sen. Kerry's Remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the CRPD Markup
August 2, 2012
Source: U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Boston Globe Article on CRPD
August 2, 2012
Source: Boston Globe
The Center for Disability Rights calls for Action to help Ratify the CRPD
August 1, 2012
Source: The Center for Disability Rights
Deaf Youth USA Supprting Ratification of CRPD
July 31, 2012
Source: DYUSA
This is a 90-second video in ASL with English captions: Deaf Youth USA members explain why they support US ratification of the CRPD and summarize some of the rights it covers. - If you do not see English captioning, turn it on with button at bottom of video.
A handful of Senators are Trying to Stop U.S. Ratification
July 31, 2012
Source: Baltimore Sun
Better World Campaign calls for CRPD Ratification - Action Alert!
July 31, 2012
Source: Better World Campaign
AAPD Calls for Your help with Ratification of CRPD
July 31, 2012
Source: AAPD
Hearing Loss Association of America ACTION ALERT
July 31, 2012
Source: HLAA
National Association of the Deaf supports CRPD Ratification
July 23, 2012
Source: National Association of the Deaf
Hearing Loss Association of America supports Ratification
July 18, 2012
Source: Hearing Loss Association of America
TASH Supports the CRPD
July 18, 2012
Source: TASH
LCCHR Applauds Senate Hearing on Treaty to Protect People with Disabilities
July 12, 2012
Source: LCCHR
Senator Coons voices strong support for ratification of disabilities treaty
July 12, 2012
Source: Senatrod Coons
United Spinal Calls for Ratification of the CRPD
July 11, 2012
Source: Yahoo News
National Federation of the Blind Urges Senate to Ratify CRPD
July 5, 2012
Source: Marketwatch
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