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Position Paper on the CRPD and Other Instruments
The International Disability Alliance upholds the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as the universal standard for the human rights of...
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Mental Health and Places of Deprivation of Liberty - Submission to SCPT
For the thematic discussion held by the Sub-Committee for the Prevention of Torture (February 2012) on mental health and places of deprivation of...
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Article 12 - Legal Capacity: Principles of Implementation
In 2008, the Legal Capacity Task Force undertook an innovative effort to recognize the aspirations of people with disabilities in decision making. To...
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COSP Background Note on Accessibility & Reasonable Accommodation
As announced by the Chair of the CRPD Bureau, Ambassador Claude Heller of Mexico at a briefing he held with States on July...
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COSP Background Note on Equal Recognition Before the Law and Supported Decision-Making
The CRPD adopts a new approach to legal capacity that makes it possible for people with disabilities to exercise their human right to...
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COSP Background Note on Access to Justice
Physical accessibility to and within courts and prisons, and accessibility in communication with participants including sign language interpretation, Braille and large print text,...
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COSP Background Note on Disability and Poverty in Current Economic Crisis
People with disabilities are more frequently and more severely affected by situations of poverty and extreme poverty. They are also one of the...
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Partnership for the Sustainable Development Goals
The platform initially developed in response to Rio+20 has been improved to better respond to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in order...
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The Right to Education of Persons with Disabilities
The International Disability Alliance and its members were active participants in the drafting of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with...