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Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities at the HLPF 2017: Wrap up and update #4
The HLPF came to an end on Wednesday 19 July, with the adoption of the Ministerial Declaration which includes all of the five explicit references to disability within poverty eradication, implementation of nationa
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Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities at the HLPF 2017: Update #3
In this edition:
1. What happened Thursday 13 - Monday 17 July
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IDA updates its Compilation of Concluding Observations by the CRPD Committee
IDA has recently updated its Compilation of Concluding Observations by the CRPD Committee. This updated version includes all CRPD Committee Concluding Observations pertaining to all 55 reviews of State Parties, including those reviewed last 17th session.
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Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities at the HLPF 2017: Update #2
In this edition:
1. What happened Monday 10 - Wednesday 12 July
2. Drafting of VNR Statements
3. Coming up
4. In other news -
Disability movement calls on governments to include persons with disabilities in the global eradication of poverty
(10 July, New York) At the start of this year’s United Nations High-level Political Forum (HLPF) under the theme “Eradicating Poverty and Promoting Prosperity in a Changing World”, leading international disability rights advocate
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Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities at the HLPF 2017: Update #1
In this edition:
1. Launch of the Global Study report
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GLAD Steering Committee issues Communique, June 2017
The Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Steering Committee met in New York on 16 June 2017, following the Conference of States Parties (CoSP) to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
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IDA Secretariat welcomes its newest staff member & Former CRPD Vice-Chairperson, Silvia Quan
The International Disability Alliance Secretariat is pleased to welcome its newest staff member Silvia Quan, as IDA’s Senior Human Rights Advisor for the Treaty Bodies Unit.
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Wrap up! 10th Conference of States Parties to the CRPD
Highlights include meaningful engagement of civil society as round table co-chairs in all thematic sessions, and as speakers in the opening and closing sessions of the Conference; a dynamic Civil Society CRPD Forum and participation of IDA and its members in 30 side events throughout the week.
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Negotiations on the HLPF Ministerial Declaration 2017
The Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities have been advocating for the increased inclusion of persons with disabilities in the Ministerial Declaration.