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CRPD News

Hope in India as Mandatory Access For People with Disability Takes Shape
June 8, 2013
Source: India America Today

EP POLITICAL GROUPS JOIN FORCES TO SUPPORT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
June 5, 2013
Source: European Disability Forum

Armless Pilot Jessica Cox Visits Capitol Hill to Advocate for CRPD
June 3, 2013
Source: Handicap International

Eric Rosenthal Wins 2013 Charles Bronfman Prize
June 3, 2013
Source: The Charles Bronfman Prize

MDAC fights for the rights of parents with disabilities
May 31, 2013
Source: Mental Disability Advocacy Center

My Reflections on Disability and the UN Panel's Post-2015 Report
May 31, 2013
Source: Huffington Post

Given same opportunities as others, children with disabilities can be agents of change – UN report
May 30, 2013
Source: UN News Centre

Tunisia: Regional Arab Workshop On the 'Disabled Person's Status and MDGs'
May 29, 2013
Source: allAfrica

The European Disability Movement Calls for a Social Way Out of the Crisis, Which Includes CRPD
May 26, 2013
Source: European Disability Forum

2013 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Side Event on Disability Inclusiveness
May 22, 2013

Indigenous persons with disabilities present study to the UNPFII, upon framework of CRPD
May 22, 2013

UN disability rights body confirms that equal access to banking services should be granted to all
May 21, 2013
Source: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Op-Ed on CRPD: Measure won't infringe on rights
May 21, 2013
Source: The Tennessean

Towards economic participation: examining the impact of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in India
May 16, 2013
Source: Disability & Society

United Spinal to Honor U.S. Senator John McCain For His Commitment to Strengthen Disability Rights
May 16, 2013
Source: United Spinal Association

CBM International Advocacy and Alliances (IAA) April Newsletter Mentions CRPD
May 8, 2013
Source: CBM

The Word on Women - U.S. Failure to Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
April 19, 2013
Source: TrustLaw



Other International News

Former USICD Intern Julia Wolhandler Champions Disability Rights in CIVICUS’s State of Civil Society 2013 (p. 229)
June 14, 2013
Source: State of Civil Society Report

Bangkok Recommendations for disability-inclusiveness
June 12, 2013
Source: Thailand The Nation

Hope in India as Mandatory Access For People with Disability Takes Shape
June 8, 2013
Source: India America Today

New Resource on English Language Learners with Disabilities
June 5, 2013
Source: Impact from University of Minnesota's CIRTCL

EP POLITICAL GROUPS JOIN FORCES TO SUPPORT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
June 5, 2013
Source: European Disability Forum

"In The Shadow of the Sun" Shown in NY
June 5, 2013
Source: Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Armless Pilot Jessica Cox Visits Capitol Hill to Advocate for CRPD
June 3, 2013
Source: Handicap International

MDAC fights for the rights of parents with disabilities
May 31, 2013
Source: Mental Disability Advocacy Center

My Reflections on Disability and the UN Panel's Post-2015 Report
May 31, 2013
Source: Huffington Post

Given same opportunities as others, children with disabilities can be agents of change – UN report
May 30, 2013
Source: UN News Centre

Tunisia: Regional Arab Workshop On the 'Disabled Person's Status and MDGs'
May 29, 2013
Source: allAfrica

66th World Health Assembly adopts resolution calling for better health care for people with disabilities
May 28, 2013
Source: World Health Organization

Support Launch of UNICEF's State of the World’s Children 2013: Children with Disabilities
May 28, 2013

Recommendations of Pacific Declaration of the Preparatory Meeting for Pacific Indigenous Peoples on the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples 2014
May 26, 2013

The European Disability Movement Calls for a Social Way Out of the Crisis, Which Includes CRPD
May 26, 2013
Source: European Disability Forum

Immigrants Seeking Serenity in a Patch of California Land
May 25, 2013
Source: New York Times

2013 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Side Event on Disability Inclusiveness
May 22, 2013

Indigenous persons with disabilities present study to the UNPFII, upon framework of CRPD
May 22, 2013

Final Report of High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda to be released on 31 May
May 22, 2013

UN disability rights body confirms that equal access to banking services should be granted to all
May 21, 2013
Source: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Op-Ed on CRPD: Measure won't infringe on rights
May 21, 2013
Source: The Tennessean

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