Conference Reports and Presentations

The RI Regional Conference on Implementation of the UN Disability Convention in Latin America featured panel discussions on a range of issues, including how civil society, government agencies, international organizations, parliamentarians and other relevant actors can work together to ensure effective implementation of the treaty. Pictured here (right), Anne Hawker, RI President-elect and Senator Ruperto Long, President of the Commission on Population, Development and Inclusion in the National Senate, Uruguay.

The RI Regional Conference on Implementation of the UN Disability Convention in Latin America featured panel discussions on a range of issues, including how civil society, government agencies, international organizations, parliamentarians and other relevant actors can work together to ensure effective implementation of the treaty. Pictured here (right), Anne Hawker, RI President-elect and Senator Ruperto Long, President of the Commission on Population, Development and Inclusion in the National Senate, Uruguay.

Vice President of Ecuador Lenin Moreno (left) and other participants in the RI Regional Conference in Latin America, including Maria Teresa Donoso of Ecuador (center) and Luis Fernando Astorga of Costa Rica (right) discussed issues related to implementation of the Convention in the region.

Vice President of Ecuador Lenin Moreno (left) and other participants in the RI Regional Conference in Latin America, including Maria Teresa Donoso of Ecuador (center) and Luis Fernando Astorga of Costa Rica (right) discussed issues related to implementation of the Convention in the region.

April 15-16, 2008, Mexico City, Mexico: RI Regional Conference on the implementation of the UN Dsability Rights Convention in Latin America

Seminar Program: English Version, Spanish Version

Closing Panel, by Anne Hawker: Word Version

Call for Action: English Version, Spanish Version

Presentations:

  • Luis Fernando Astorga:Executive Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Interamerican Institute on Disability and Inclusive Development, Costa Rica
  • Stefan Barriga :Counsellor (Legal Advisor),Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the UN, and former Chair of the Drafting Committee of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Rosangela Berman-Bieler :Director, Inter-American Institute on Disability and Inclusive Development, Brazil
  • Luis Gallegos :Ambassador of Ecuador to the United States and former Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Amalia Gamio :Director of the Program for People with Disabilities, National Council on the Prevention of Discrimination (CONAPRED), Mexico
  • Eileen Giron : Disability Rights Activist and Entrepreneur, El Salvador
  • Sergio Gonzalez :Director of the Department for Social Assistance and Integration, National System for Integral Development of the Family (DIF), Mexico
  • Rodrigo Jimenez :Coordinator of the Program on Women, Justice and Gender Latin American Institute for Crime Prevention and Treatment of Delinquents, Costa Rica
  • Izabel Maior: National Coordinator of Policies for Persons with Disabilities at the Ministry of Human Rights, and former RI Vice President for Latin America, Brazil
  • Maricarmen Escandon Minutti : Independent Advisor on Inclusive Education to the World Bank and other organizations, Mexico
  • Tina Minkowitz : Co-Chair, World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry, USA
  • Thomas Rickert (Power Point, Word Version): Executive Director of Access Exchange International, USA
  • Xavier Torres:Vice President of the National Council on Disability, Ecuador
  • Armando Vasquez : Regional Advisor on Rehabilitation, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Chile
  • Manuel Ventura : BLP Abogados, Costa Rica

28-29 January 2008, Bhubaneswar, India: Disability and Disasters Conference
Contact: Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Center, smrc_bbsr@hotmail.com or smrc_bbsr@rediffmail.com
Website: http://www.smrcorissa.org; www.disaster-disability.org

December 10, 2007: Disability Rights on Agenda of UN Human Rights Day

(Event information)

13-18 November 2007, Shizuoka, Japan: Seventh International Abilympics

Contact: Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (JEED), IA2007_Shizuoka@jeed.or.jp
Website: http://www.skillsfestival2007.or.jp/abilympics/en/index.html

7-8 November 2007, Bonn, Germany: Conference on "Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Emergency Situations"
Contact: Behinderung und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit e.V., info@bezev.de
Website: http://www.bezev.de ; Press Release

4-6 October 2007, Kathmandu, Nepal:  Fourth South Asian Regional Conference on Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR)
Contact: CBR Network (South Asia), cbrnet@airtelbroadband.in
Website: http://www.cbrnetwork.com.np/index.php

27-28 September 2007, Reykjavik, Iceland: The Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities - from Social Policy to Equal Rights Conference

Contact: Icelandic Human Rights Center, icehr@humanrights.is

Website: http://www.disabilityrights.is

24-26 September 2007, Mexico City, Mexico: Encuentro Iberoamericano Desarrollo Social, Democracia y no Discriminacion

Contact: CONAPRED, abecerrag@conapred.org.mx

Website: http://www.conapred.org.mx ; Press Release

November 1, 2006, Seoul, Korea: Remarks by RI President Michael Fox at the International Seminar in commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the National Rehabilitation Centre.

October 10, 2006, Ciudad de México: Intervención por Tomas Lagerwall Secretario General de RI Durante el Encuentro Internacional contra la Discriminación Organizado por CONAPRED | PDF

August 26, 2006, New York, USA: RI Seminar on Implementation of the UN Convention

May 1-3, 2006, Kuwait: Abstract of Access to Information, Rights & Inclusion  -- Michael Fox -- Presented at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Conference 

March 9, 2006, Vienna, Austria: RI Seminar on Promoting Disability Rights and Rehabilitation in Central and Eastern Europe

RI Seminar Program and Powerpoint presentations:

February 16-19, 2006: 6th Annual Rehabilitation Educators Conference: "Strengthening the Continuum of Rehabilitation Practice & Research in a Global Environment"  (Brochure, Registration Form)

January 31, 2006, UN Headquarters, NY, USA: RI Panel on Implementation of the UN Convention -- Meeting Summary 

November 10-16, 2005, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain:  Executive Committee, RI Assembly and Arab Regional Conference--theme "Disability Rights in a Changing World"  Go to www.ri-arab.org for more information

November 12, 2005: RI-Europe Landmark Study: Rehabilitation in the 21st Century  -- Dr. D.F. McAnaney to RI Governing Assembly

June 14, 2005, Nagasaki, Japan: The Right to Habilitation and Rehabilitation – Promoting Integration and Inclusion of People with Disabilities  -- Tomas Lagerwall

June 11, 2005, Kobe, Japan:  The Right to Habilitation and Rehabilitation – Promoting Integration and Inclusion of People with Disabilities  -- Tomas Lagerwall at Kobe Gakuin University

June 8, 2005, Tokyo, Japan: Towards a UN Convention on Disability Rights -- Tomas Lagerwall

April 2005, Kuwait: UN Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities and the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities -- Michael Fox at the 5th Gulf Conference on Disability 

April 2005, Kuwait: Equalization of Opportunities: Including Children with Disabilities -- Siri Wormnæs at the 5th Gulf Conference on Disability

March 16, 2005, Sydney, Australia: Presentation at RI Seminar on the work towards a UN Convention -- Gary Williams, RI National Secretary in New Zealand

August 6, 2004, Hong Kong: The Societal Dimension of Innovation: New Challenges for Appropriate Prosthetics and Orthotics from a Global Perspective -- Tomas Lagerwall at ISPO’s World Congress

June 24, 2004, Oslo, Norway: Closing Address -- Michael Fox at the RI World Congress

May 13, 2004, Beirut, Lebanon: Towards a UN Convention -- Tomas Lagerwall at RI Regional seminar

March 8-9, 2003, Kingdom of Bahrain: Report from the Bahrain Meeting

March 8-9, 2003, Kingdom of Bahrain: A UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: The Next Steps -- Dr. Arthur O'Reilly at the General Assembly Meeting of Rehabilitation International in the Arab Region

November 11, 2002, Aachen, Germany: The Global Disability Community Must Respond to the Critical Challenges of the 21st Century -- Lex Frieden at the RI European Conference

November 2002, Aachen, Germany: 2003 + 10 = an accessible society? -- Thomas Lagerwall to the RI European Conference