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January 28, 2008
Latin American Regional Conference on the Disability Rights Convention
On behalf of RI President Michael Fox and RI Secretary General Tomas Lagerwall, please see the message below.
Dear Members,
It is our great pleasure to announce that on the 15 and 16th of April 2008 , RI, in collaboration with RI members in Mexico, the Department of Foreign Affairs (SRE), the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (CONADIS), and the National System for the Integral Development of the Family (DIF), will be hosting a conference at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Mexico City, Mexico , entitled "Implementing the UN Disability Rights Convention in Latin America: Partnerships, Strategies and Action."
This Latin American Regional Conference aims to promote ratification and implementation of the Convention by creating a forum to encourage dialogue and partnerships among the disability community, government representatives, parliamentarians, lawyers and judges. RI is working with the international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, local law firms, disability experts and relevant actors in Mexico, Costa Rica and Ecuador to conduct an analysis of existing national laws and develop recommendations for legal reform. This research will be presented at the Conference as a resource for NGOs, policymakers and legal professionals in Latin America.
This Conference is part of RI's Global Advocacy Campaign, which focuses on raising awareness and building capacity to promote the Convention, and also fits in the activities being prepared by the Mexican Government to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
In addition to the legal issues related to ratification and implementation of the UN Convention, the participants will focus on how to ensure that the Convention is translated into good policies and programs reaching all persons with disabilities; strategies for inclusion of persons with disabilities in decision-making bodies; and specific measures for addressing the disability-poverty cycle.
We greatly appreciate the generous support from Irish Aid, the Open Society Institute, an anonymous donor and RI members in Mexico and other countries in the region for making this Conference possible.
It would be a pleasure for us if you could publicize this announcement.
RegConf_Flyer_24Jan08_FINAL.pdf
RegConf_Flyer_spanish_24Jan08_FINAL.pdf
For more information, please see the attached flyers in English and Spanish, and the accessible text-only versions, or contact:
Andrés Balcázar at: abalcazar@abc-discapacidad.com; or
Shantha Rau at shantha@riglobal.org
Lauren Goldy at: lauren@rigobal.org
Visit: www.riglobal.org
With our best regards,
Michael Fox,
RI President
Tomas Lagerwall,
RI Secretary General
Posted by jicafriends at January 28, 2008 01:08 PM