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Press Release on the CRPD 100 Ratification
The ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by Colombia on 10 May 2011, brings a total of 100 State Parties to the Convention.
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Press Release on the Human Rights Day, 2010
Human Rights Day celebrates the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the first human rights instrument to be adopted on an international scale. Despite its universal intention, the UDHR makes explicit mention of disability only once, in the context of health and social protection.
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IDA Press Release on the World AIDS Day 2010
World AIDS Day aims to raise awareness and end discrimination in the context of HIV. The theme this year is 'Universal Access and Human Rights'. Today, about ten million people who need treatment are not getting it. Efforts to ensure universal access to treatment must address barriers to persons with disabilities to ensure truly universal access.
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IDA Press Release on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Today, 17th October, the world celebrates the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with the purpose of promote awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution in all countries, particularly in developing countries.
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Cape Verde Ratifies the CRPD
The ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by Cape Verde on 10 October 2011 brings a total of 106 States Parties to the CRPD.
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September Issue of the IDA Disability Rights Bulletin is Out
Please click the links below to have access the September issue of the IDA Disability Rights Bulletin: PDF version or