Disability, Rights Monitoring, and Social Change Building Power out of Evidence Edited by Marcia H. Rioux, Paula C. Pinto, Gillian Parekh Overview The 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has provided a significant catalyst and a legal mandate for disability rights monitoring, and discussions on disability rights are breaking new […]
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Expanding the circle: Aboriginal People with Disabilities Know their Rights: Snap Shot
Details Download Report Expanding the Circle: Aboriginal People with Disabilities Know Their Rights: Snap Shot (Word – 217 KB) Expanding the Circle: Aboriginal People with Disabilities Know Their Rights: Snap Shot (PDF – 728 KB) Title Expanding the Circle: Aboriginal People with Disabilities Know their Rights: Snap Shot Authors Marcia Rioux, York University (Principal Investigator). For […]
2011 Monitoring the Human Rights of People with Disabilities in the Quebec City Area – Summary Report
Details Title Monitoring the Human Rights of People with Disabilities in the Québec City Area – Summary Report Authors Normand Boucher (PhD) and David Fiset (MA) Publication Date June 2011 Published by: Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en réadaptation et intégration sociale (CIRRIS) and DRPI Canada Report Content Click here to download a PDF of this report (PDF […]
2012 Initial Report (English) on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Details Title Initial Report on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (English version) Authors Government of the Republic of Serbia Publication Date January 2012 Report Content Download Report Click here to download a PDF of this report (PDF – 1,145 KB)
2012 EAC Disability Policy
Details Title EAC Disability Policy on Persons with Disabilities Authors None Publication Date None Report Content
Africa Regional Officer Dagnachew Wakene receives Mandela Washington Fellowship
DRPI’s Africa Regional Officer Dagnachew Wakene has received the prestigious Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. The Mandela Washington Fellowship is the flagship program of the President’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) and embodies President Obama’s commitment to invest in the future of Africa. The first class of Mandela Washington Fellows arrived in June […]
India Work Placement Coordinator Position – Deadline 27 February
There is an immediate opening for the position of India Work Placement Coordinator for Disability Rights Promotion International’s Asian Workplace Approach that Respects Equality (AWARE) project. DRPI is a collaborative project working to establish a holistic and sustainable global system to monitor the human rights of people with disabilities. DRPI has begun a five-year employment […]
Bengt Lindqvist speaks at DPI World Summit “Diversity Within”
The speech below was delivered by Bengt Lindqvist, Co-Director of D.R.P.I. and former U.N. Special Rapporteur on Disability, at the 2004 Disabled Peoples’ International World Summit: Diversity Within, held September 8 to 10 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The text of this speech follows: A new human rights paradigm has emerged in the disability field over […]
DRPI is hiring a Bangladesh Work Placement Coordinator – DEADLINE EXTENDED
There is an immediate opening for a part-time position for Bangladesh Work Placement Coordinator for Disability Rights Promotion International’s Asian Workplace Approach that Respects Equality (AWARE) project. DRPI is a collaborative project working to establish a holistic and sustainable global system to monitor the human rights of people with disabilities. DRPI has begun a five-year […]
DRPI is hiring a Nepal Work Placement Coordinator
There is an immediate opening for a part-time position for Nepal Work Placement Coordinator for Disability Rights Promotion International’s Asian Workplace Approach that Respects Equality (AWARE) project. DRPI is a collaborative project working to establish a holistic and sustainable global system to monitor the human rights of people with disabilities. DRPI has begun a five-year […]