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Newsletter from IDA Secretariat | 24 February 2018
IN THIS EDITION:
1. Highlights
2. Treaty bodies review, Geneva 2017-2018
3. UN system, agencies and mechanism
4. Activities in the past weeks
5. Upcoming activities
6. IDA (or co-sponsored) intellectual productions
IDA members
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IDA publishes its summaries of the more recent CRPD Committee views on individual communications under the Optional Protocol
To date, the CRPD Committee has dealt with 21 communications under the Optional Protocol to the CRPD, adopting its views and addressing diverse issues, including the right to equality and non-discrimination (Article 5), the right to liberty and security of the person (Article 14), the right to vote (Article 29), among many others. These views constitute an important part of the CRPD Committee jurisprudence that provides standards to interpret the Articles of the CRPD.
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Newsletter from IDA Secretariat | 13 February 2018
IN THIS EDITION:
1.Highlights
2.Treaty bodies review, Geneva 2017-2018
3.UN system, agencies and mechanism
4.Activities in the past weeks
5.Upcoming activities
6.IDA members
7.Other
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Regional Sustainable Development Forum
Updates from ECLAC (UN Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean); ESCAP (UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific); ECE (UN Economic Commission for Europe); ESCWA (UN Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia); ECA (UN Economic Commission for Africa).
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Newsletter from IDA Secretariat | 30 January 2018
IN THIS EDITION:
1. Highlights
2. Treaty bodies review, Geneva 2017-2018
3. Activities in the past weeks
4. Upcoming activities
5. IDA members
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The Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Network met for its Second Meeting
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA Finland) & the Abilis Foundation, hosted the GLAD Network meeting in Helsinki, Finland, from 31 January to 2 February 2018. The meeting was co-chaired by the Australian Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) & the International Disability Alliance (IDA).