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Press Release: Former WFD President Receives 2013 United Nations Human Rights Prize
New York, 10 December 2013 – The International Disability Alliance (IDA) congratulates Dr. Liisa Kauppinen, former President of the World Federation of the...
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Press Release: IDA meets with Deputy Executive Director of UN Women
New York, 7 September 2012 - The meeting was held today on the premises of UN Women between Ms. Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive...
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Press Release: IDA Meets with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 24 May 2013 - The meeting was held yesterday between Ms. Navanethem Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Chair...
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Press Release: Press Release Opening Session of the CRPD Committee´s 9th Session
Geneva, 15 April 2013 – Today the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities opened its 9th session (15-19 April 2013) in...
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Press Release: Human Rights Day: Speak Up Stop Discrimination
This Human Rights Day, IDA calls on the UN, State and civil society actors to speak up to stop discrimination against the human...
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Press Release: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Geneva, 3 December 2011 – IDA joins the celebration of this day and takes the opportunity to appeal to States, the UN human...
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Press Release: A Disability Inclusive Development Agenda Towards 2015 and Beyond
New York, 3 December 2012 – Today the world celebrates the International Day of Persons with Disabilities with the purpose of increasing awareness...
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International Disability Alliance appoints Colin Allen as new Chair
New York, NY, 1 July 2016 — Today Mr. Colin Allen...
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Persons with Disabilities Excluded from National Sustainable Development Plans
(15 July 2016, New York) 80% of persons with disabilities live in developing countries and have won a hard-fought role in designing...