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OHCHR Study on Participation in Political and Public Life
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has recently published its thematic study on participation in political and public life by persons with disabilities (CRPD, Article 29). The Human Rights Council in its resolution 16/15 (March 2011) requested to the OHCHR to prepare a study on this topic, that will be presented at the 19th session of the Council in March 2012.
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Macedonia (FYORM) Ratifies the CRPD
The ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by Macedonia (FYORM) on 29 December 2011 brings a total of 109 States Parties to the CRPD, while the Optional Protocol (OP) has 63 ratifications.
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December Issue of the IDA Disability Rights Bulletin is Out
Please click the links below to have access the December issue of the IDA Disability Rights Bulletin: PDF version and
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Human Rights Day, 2011
Geneva, 10 December 2011 – This Human Rights Day IDA applauds the global human rights community for speaking out and reclaiming their rights, and pays special tribute to the disability rights movement which played an integral role in rallying for democracy worldwide.