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In November 2012, more than 130 policymakers, academics, practitioners and other experts committed to CP systems and coming from 50 countries met in New Delhi over four days for a major conference entitled “A Better Way to Protect ALL Children: The Theory and Practice of Child Protection Systems.” This conference was co-hosted by four organisations – UNICEF, UNHCR, Save the Children and World Vision. The report from the conference encapsulates the substantive content of the presentations and related discussion; provides an analysis and documents the journey;…
Are you interested in learning more about the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other interesting topics?
The new IDA Online Training Platform is an accessible tool where you will be able to take courses related to the rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities.
Currently available courses:
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UN CRPD Art. 12: Equal Recognition of Persons with…
Date: Jun 17, 2022 10:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
During times of war and emergency how can children and adults in institutions be protected without reinforcing segregated systems of service? What have recent experiences from Ukraine taught us about the challenges of enforcing the right to live in the community for all people with disabilities?
Panelists will discuss immediate challenges facing…
The European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) and Disability Rights International (DRI) invite you to a webinar, organized to be held on the European Independent Living Day and focuses on the role of international relief and funding in conflict and post-war recovery.
- Date: May 5, 2022
- Time: 3 - 4:30 p.m. CET / 9:00 – 11:30 am EST
Join this free webinar hosted by Udayan Care March 25, 2022, at 5.30 - 7.00 pm IST/ 7 - 8:30 am EST.
Read the latest issue of the International Journal on Alternative Care with a special focus on "Alternative Care for Children and Young Persons with Different Abilities".
Date: 14 - 17 March 2022
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 (Date and time zone is UK)
COVID-19 has dominated global discourse for the last 18 months as the pandemic impacts everyone, everywhere. There is growing evidence that people with disabilities and their families are particularly at risk during the pandemic, in terms of:
- increased risk of death and hospitalisation;
- exclusion from the COVID-19 response actions (e.g. information and vaccination);
- adverse…
Dates: 7 Mar - 25 Mar 2022
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
OPDs, CSOs, NHRIs, Independent monitoring frameworks are invited to submit written alternative reports as soon as possible and no later than 14 February 2022 via email to ohchr-crpd@un.org. Submissions should be in text (Word) files and below 10,700 words. Written submissions will be posted on the CRPD website unless you clearly indicate that they are confidential. Interested CSOs, OPDS, NHRIs and Independent Monitoring Frameworks in participating in private briefings on country situations should…
Date: Feb 15 - 17, 2022
The Global Disability Summits result in new, ambitious, and widespread commitments that are critical to achieving real change for persons with disabilities.
The Global Disability Summit Secretariat was established to monitor the implementation of the commitments made at the first Global Disability Summit in 2018 (GDS18). Housed within the …
Time: 11:00 a.m. GMT
The Disability Toolkit is a collation of resources to support Family Alliance members, like-minded CSOs and government institutions and practitioners to better understand children with disabilities, their rights and needs, and the needs and rights of their carers, parents and other family members.
Developed by Family for Every Child's Disability Working Group, the toolkit aims to strengthen the capacity of CSOs, social workers, service providers, government institutions and Members of the Family Alliance to include children with disabilities…
Public Hearing: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Date: October 22
Time: 4:00 pm EDT
- Disability Rights International
- ASDOWN, Colombia
- Proyecto Paz y Dignidad, Mexico