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Disability Pride Month: In Conversation with ACE Fellow Janine Cruzet
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) underscores the vast diversity of persons with disabilities, emphasizing that persons with disabilities are vulnerable to discrimination based on their ethnicity, gender, socioeconom
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New Committee against Torture's Concluding Observations are out: States must provide redress and reparation to victims of State violence and institutionalization!
On Friday 26th, July, the CAT Committee closed its 80th session.
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Committee against Torture's Concluding Observations - Disability Relevant Extracts
Below you will find the CAT Committee’s Concluding Observations Disability Relevant Extracts in reverse chronological order.
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Human Rights Committee’s Concluding Observations Disability Relevant Extracts
Below you will find the Human Rights Committee’s Concluding Observations Disability Relevant Extracts in reverse chronological order.
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UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture confirms mandate to monitor places where persons with disabilities are detained due to lack of community support
Earlier this month, the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture published its general comment no.
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Towards ending forced sterilization: A landmark judgement for disability rights in Japan
On July 3rd 2024, the Supreme Court of Japan declared that forced sterilization under the defunct Eugenics Protection Act was unconstitutional and a violation of human rights.