This opens a channel for disability rights advocates to educate the Commission on issues relating to disabled persons human rights. Advocates can also bring any issues relating to human rights ...

The Disability Rights Commission criticised this section in the following words: The Section is offensive to many people; it reinforces negative stereotypes of disability and there is substantial ...

The Gombe State House of Assembly has passed a bill to establish a state disability commission aimed at protecting the rights ...

“They should be treating us like we’re their path to victory because we are, frankly,” said Dom Kelly, the founder and CEO of New Disabled South, an advocacy group that focuses on disability rights in ...

Oct. 16 (UPI) --Special Olympics urged Group of Seven leaders Wednesday in Umbria, Italy, to strengthen their commitment to advancing disability rights during the first-ever G7 Ministers' Meeting ...

The commission, if established, will oversee the education, healthcare, and social, economic, and civil rights of persons living with disabilities in Taraba State. Presiding over the debate ...

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has described Government's decision to accede to the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities as "a ...

definitions of discrimination and disability; and 4) implementation mechanisms. 2.3 The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is one of ...

an advocacy group that focuses on disability rights in the South. “You win or lose because of disabled people, and if you don’t take our community seriously, that will reflect on the outcome ...